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DEAR ANCESTOR



Your tombstone stands among the rest
Neglected and alone

The name and date are chiseled out

Rickey - Iron...

On polished marble stone

It reaches out to all who care

It is too late to mourn

You did not know that I exist

You died and I was born

Yet each of us are cells of you

In flesh and blood and bone

Our blood contracts and beats a pulse

Entirely not our own

Dear Ancestor, the place you filled

One hundred years ago

Spreads out among the ones you left

Who would have loved you so

I wonder if you lived and loved

I wonder if you knew

That someday I would find this spot


And come to visit you





poem from

This day in family history March 10,1900 Margaret Irons died

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This day in family history

March 10,1900

Margaret Irons died

Margaret was wife of John Irons

Burial at Sorden Cemetery Keswick

View complete history for Margaret and John Irons at the Graef Historical Group

Blog: Graef Historical Group
Post: John and Margaret Irons
Link: http://graef-family.blogspot.com/2007/02/john-and-margaret-irons.html

Bob in Uniform

Fred Jean Graef and Vera Lorin Rickey Visit Bob Graef in Washington DC abt 1962 while he was in United States Public Health Service during the Cuban Missle Crisis

Eberhardt Baby Boy Born March 4 2007

Andrea & Mike Eberhardt

Baby Boy Born March 4 2007

Note from

Michael Eberhardt
Sunday, March 04, 2007 11:19 PM

Hi All,

Today was a great day. Andrea woke me at 3:30 a.m. to tell me
to get ready. Her due date was March 3. She had the baby
today (March 4) at 6:30 a.m. The baby is healthy and happy, and so are we.
We could not be more happier, relieved, and thankful.
Possible names:
Isaac Clayton (dad's choice for a name)
Eric (grandma's choice)
Samuel Edmund (joshua's choice so initials are SEE)
Evan (Maureen's choice)
We have 12 hours to decide -- I'm still taking suggestions.
Will send pictures later this week.

Love to all,
Mike

"The most valuable things in life are not things!"

Bob Takes Control

Dad, Fred Graef , teaches Bob
How to drive and control using the dashboard instruments 50 years ago in 1957,
Now I can hear him saying
"Bob, have no fear .. move on "
A graced moment a special moment......
to savior and draw strength from ..
may it become my spiritual lesson
My challange is never to forget this lesson
from Dad.. so I say Thanks Dad ..
Peace Be with you and all ..

Robert Graef .. March 4, 2007
True Life Adventures Continue

A journey for Grezelda Jean Rickey Graef began on February 25, 1919

A Journey Begins.. to find out who we are

A Journey Begins.. to find out who we are Iowa City, Iowa - Feb 25, 2007 by Robert This journey for Grezelda Jean Rickey began on February 25, 1919 " The past is a dangerous place to visit.. It is beauty.. It is also a burden, It is where we go, many of us, to remind ourselves, who we are, and even sometimes to find out" Eddy Harris St Louis Historical Society 1996 View Album

Message from Robert:

A journey for Grezelda Jean Rickey Graef began on February 25, 1919 , 98 years ago today . All I have to say is here in pictures ..you are invited to view .. So let us begin that journey and say " Thanks for the Memories" on what would have been Grezelda Jean Rickey Graef's 98 th birthday ...

Graef Family Index

Graef, Clara

Graef, Pauline

Graef, Fred

Graef, Grezelda Jean

Graef, Peter

Graef, Edward

Graef, Catherine

Graef, Charles

Graef, Loretta

Graef, Albert

Graef, Pauline

Graef, Alfred

Graef, Margaret

Graef, Clara

Graef, George

Graef, Emma

Graef, Jacob

GraveStone Photo Submissions

Obituary Submission for Peter Graef