Show 223 storm lessened and Mrs ’tenner "saw the boat approaching in a stream of moonlight" rough casket was made of old boards found about the place and lined with a shawl A grave was dug on the brow of the hill immediately behind the house overlooking both A sides of the island casket probably hauled to the spot on a wagon was lowered into place while the children gathered brightly colored pebbles with which to mark the grave with the letters L 0 V E one letter for each of the survivors The Soon afterward the island home was abandoned picket fence was subsequently built around the burial spot and was the only grave marker for several years It eventually deteriorated the posts rotted off and a new A fence was badly needed new one surrounding the grave site was built in 1941 by Charles Stoddard He also placed a large stone to mark the approximate location of the grave When Mrs A Kate Wenner Noble died January 29 1942 her only living child Miss Blanche Wenner began making plans to have her mother’s ashes buried beside the remains of Mr Wenner June 13 1943 Miss Wenner arrived at Salt Lake City bearing the ashes of her mother She was accompanied to Fremont Island by T C Adams and a few others where she buried the ashes of her mother beside her father's grave® Kelly "They Built an Island Desert" Desert Magazine February 1944 7 8 Charles Home in the |