Re: Okoboji cemetery
FULLER
Posted By: Mike Peterson (email) In Response To: Okoboji cemetery (Virginia)
Date: 7/26/2005 at 12:17:50
Hi Virginia,
One of my goals is to have a complete inventory of all Dickinson County cemeteries and from there work on transcriptions of headstones. However, I do not live there so the inventory process is very slow and I do not receive a lot of input from others. So, doing this long distance is sometimes very difficult and the internet resources for sure are not complete. For instance, we know there is an Okoboji Cemetery in Arnold's Park, Iowa but I have absolutely no info on it and the USGS apparently doesn't have it either unless under another name. Anyway, according to the ancestry.com Iowa Cemetery database, Andrew Jackson Fuller, b. 1824, died 29 Jan 1914 and is buried in Okoboji, Arnolds Park. With WPA it is sometimes difficult to determine if they are listing a cemetery, township or city name. In this case, I think we can assume Okoboji is the cemetery name and is in Arnolds Park city. Arnolds Park has a web site located here - http://arnoldsparkcity.com/ . They have phone numbers on the web site but here also is their email address - aphall@iowaone.net . Perhaps they can help you and whatever you learn in the process I would appreciate it if you would let me know and then I'll get it onto the web site. I would at least like to have the cemetery listed in the web site along with an address and picture. Good luck in your search. Sincerely, Mike Peterson
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