Riverside Cemetery in Maumee, Ohio, Devastated By Huge Chunks of Ice

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The Riverside Cemetery, in Maumee, Ohio is being devastated by large chunks of ice that have broken up along the Maumee River in Northern Ohio. The cemetery lies low near the river, and the ice has knocked over Civil War-era monuments, as well as causing all kinds of other damage. Some of the ice blocks are the size of small cars. It looks like about 90% off the headstones are down!

Read more about it in a March 17, 2015 AP article posted at the woodtv.com website.

About Leland Meitzler

Leland K. Meitzler founded Heritage Quest in 1985, and has worked as Managing Editor of both Heritage Quest Magazine and The Genealogical Helper. He currently operates Family Roots Publishing Company (www.FamilyRootsPublishing.com), writes daily at GenealogyBlog.com, writes the weekly Genealogy Newsline, conducts the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour to the Family History Library, and speaks nationally, having given over 2000 lectures since 1983.

One Reply to “Riverside Cemetery in Maumee, Ohio, Devastated By Huge Chunks of Ice”

  1. Local newspapers are reporting the damage could be over a million dollars. There was some video showing the movement of the large pieces of ice, it was incredible.

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