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Show . , - . - s Ik ' ; -j t j f ? 9 v n s 14 t l " : ' ' , V i t " f ' - ' l " ; r ' - , 1 1 ' ;- , J a '' ,-i ' ' . . . . . . ' ' ' , ' . ' . , - i - ,- ff . v. : hi V - v '.'' . .' ,,.. . , . ' ' ; , ' t ., ' - s ' . : . . v " - ',' -. . ' , v .,. V . ' f v . ' ),""' -f . ' ti l ... ' f ' fijf . - , I. - - f : v - . ' - 4 " -., - , ' ' The Coppersmith family chose a grave to adopt in the Pleasant Grove City Cemetery. Kurt and Leslie place the flowers in memory of Kenneth Riggs on Memorial Day. Family adopts gravesite By KALYN SECRETAN Impressed with the Pleasant Grove Cemetery, the beautiful flowers and Memorial Day traditions, a local family adopted a grave. The Jay and JoEllen Coppersmith family moved to Pleasant Grove nearly three years ago from New York. Leaving all their family members buried in various parts of the eastern states, they didn't have an ancestor to carry on the traditional decorating of a grave. Wandering through the cemetery, they decided to adopt a grave, one that they could return to each year and place a memorial. They selected the grave of Kenneth Riggs, a World War II veteran who was buried in May, 1941. They know nothing about him, but that he served in the World War II, and was born in Idaho. The main purpose of adopting a grave was to teach the children, especially the younger boys, Dale and Kurt, what Memorial Day is all about. They associated Mr. Riggs with a grandfather who served during the war, and the fact that Memorial Day was originated to honor soldiers. They also related to the fact that he was from another state. The grave was decorated last year and this year the boys were excited to go to the cemetery to decorate their adopted grave. In decorating the grave, they think about relatives scattered across the Eastern United States and hope someone will remember them. |
