Thursday, June 28, 2012

Holy Cross Cemetery to mark 100th anniversary

The 100th anniversary of Holy Cross Cemetery will be celebrated on Saturday, July 7.

Caryn Armbruster, former St. Paul organist, will sing and play keyboard for the Mass celebrated by Bishop Richard Lennon, and her friend, Mike Brookman will play guitar.

The open house will begin at noon.  Genealogy searches will be conducted at the office and the usual charge for the service will be omitted.

Cemetery director Andrej Lah will made a brief statement just prior to the 1 p.m. Mass. Donuts, refreshments and snow cones will be served at 2 p.m. after the Mass and Clydesdale horse and wagon rides around the cemetery will be featured. The celebration will conclude about 3 p..m.

For questions or more information please contact Melissa Malone at (216) 570-6668 or mmalone@clevelandcatholiccemeteries.org.

Holy Cross Cemetery was founded in 1912 by Msgr. Richard Dowed and Annuciation Church. It was taken over in 1955 by the Cleveland Catholic Diocese and the Catholic Cemeteries Association The cemetery extends east from S. Main Street at 100 E. Waterloo Rd for about 90 acres

Notable people buried there are Neil Bonner, also known as Alexander Bradley, Civil War Veteran, Navy Veteran and Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient in 1872, and Frank Boss who invented pull down stairs that go into attics.

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