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From: "Sue Silver" <>
Subject: [CASANDIE] Fw: [Old Bones CEMETERY-L] ANNOUNCEMENT - St. Johannes Cemetery
Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 20:45:58 -0700

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Sue Silver
EDC Pioneer Cemeteries Commission
California

----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Kirchhoff <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 5:31 PM
Subject: [Old Bones CEMETERY-L] ANNOUNCEMENT - St. Johannes Cemetery


> To All List Members -
>
> *** So As Not To Repeatedly Clutter Up List Space With Updates, This
> Will Be A One-Time Posting ***
>
> As posted approximately a week ago, St. Johannes Cemetery, located on
> Chicago-O'Hare Airport is in peril of being "relocated" due to proposed
> airport expansions. St. John's UCC of Bensenville, Illinois, the owners
> and caretakers of the cemetery has declared its intent to oppose
> expansion plans that would harm St. Johannes, or access to it at it's
> present location.
>
> For those who have written to me in reference to St. Johannes Cemetery,
> I, and the congregation at St. John's express our appreciation for your
> support.
>
> In an effort to organize those wishing to support the congregation of
> St. John's, and the descendants of those persons interred there, I have
> agreed to work the email-side of the information network. I will be
> sharing, periodically news and information as it becomes available. If
> necessary, I will be emailing and requesting assistance from our
> supporters in letter writing / faxing / telephoning persons or
> officials whom we may need to be targeting in our efforts to preserve
> St. Johannes. This way, working with our attorney (who himself has over
> 100 relatives buried at St. Johannes), we, together and in an organized
> and concerted effort, may properly pursue this issue as a collective
> body of concerned persons.
>
> If you are interested in being kept up-to-date on the facts and efforts
> as they develop, and wish to be on this email database that I will be
> responsible for, I request the following from you:
>
> 1 - Please email me a separate message (do not respond to this one). In
> the subject line, please indicate "SJCA", which stands for St. Johannes
> Cemetery Alliance. My email address is:
>
> 2 - In the body of your message, please include your full name; the
> email address that you wish to receive my announcements at; your
> address (in case we have written material that is best sent through the
> USPS); and your contact telephone number, if you wish (in the case
> where we may have to call our supporters over a crucial development).
>
> 3 - Then, PLEASE, share this email with friends, colleagues and
> relatives who have a genuine concern over the future of St. Johannes
> Cemetery, asking them to do the same.
>
> I will then, and only then, add your email address to my database and
> work diligently at keeping everyone informed on the progress that is
> being made in our efforts to protect St. Johannes Cemetery (and Rest
> Haven Cemetery, which is located approximately 100 yards from St.
> Johannes).
>
> I assure you that the personal information that you share with me will
> only be used to keep you informed, and WILL NOT be released to any
> other party.
>
> On behalf of myself and St. John's UCC, I thank you, for all your
> support and prayers so far in our journey to preserve the sacredness of
> St. Johannes Cemetery.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Michael M. Kirchhoff
>
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Michael Martens Kirchhoff, Sr.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> "If change is to come, it will come from the margins ? it was the
> desert,
> not the temple, that gave us the prophets."
> Wendell Berry
>
>
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