tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6688864119711647247.post7519297247523984558..comments2019-08-04T08:16:02.448-07:00Comments on The Newaygo County Cemetery Ladies: Postmortem PhotographyAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12836578794808457676noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6688864119711647247.post-27301878487718035902009-12-18T08:23:33.953-08:002009-12-18T08:23:33.953-08:00Tom, Thanks for reading our blog. You are so lucky...Tom, Thanks for reading our blog. You are so lucky there are some wonderful ghost towns and cemeteries out west. We visit Utah, Neveda, California, Colorado from time to time and my husband always treats me to a cemetery adventure. They seem to appear out of no where. <br />Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful holiday season.<br />SandyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6688864119711647247.post-81772067485385973472009-12-17T14:59:25.909-08:002009-12-17T14:59:25.909-08:00I have been following your blog for about two mont...I have been following your blog for about two months now, and I find it so very interesting. <br /><br />My wife and I go to ghost towns here in Nevada, Utah, and Arizona, and always look for the cemeteries, and read the markers.<br /><br />Your presentations always make me want to go pack a bag and find another cemetery.<br /><br />Thanks for all the interesting facts.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05653312954078845711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6688864119711647247.post-29164997425775760682009-12-17T11:57:30.264-08:002009-12-17T11:57:30.264-08:00My father was an undertaker, and I remember an occ...My father was an undertaker, and I remember an occasion when I was in my teens, when a photographer arrived with lights, tripod, and camera. He set up the lights in the front of the chapel, stuck the camera on the tripod and preceded to photograph the entire scene, flowers, casket, the deceased's body and all. It must have been in the early 1960's. I was fascinated, but unbelieving; perhaps because I had no memory of a previous photo shoot under such circumstances. <br /><br />I distinctly remember asking Dad, "Why are they taking pictures?" He looked at me for a long time, and finally replied that sometimes relatives live far away or are otherwise unable to attend a wake and funeral. <br /><br />I never saw a photographer under those circumstances again, but did become familiar with postmortem photography through my genealogical research.GrannyPamhttp://www.warrenweb.info/genealogynoreply@blogger.com