Evansville's Oak Hill Cemetery Tour May 2013

Panoramic view of the crowd attending this interesting tour of Evansville's largest cemetery.

Dennis Au & Chris Cooke conducts this tour on an annual basis.

Click on the photo above for a larger image.

On the left side you can see Indiana Bones in the yellow shirt and hat.

Next to Indiana to the right in the blue blouse is Becky West.

On the other side of Indy in the red blouse is Deb Travers.

Many TSGS members were present: John & Becky West, Deb Travers, Sue Newcom, Irvin & Connie Conrad, Karin Kirsch, Kathy Wilson, plus at least 3 more.

TSGS on Face Book

Check us out and click "LIKE" so we can move ahead just a little more into the tech world!!! Click on this link to see our site: Tri-State Genealogical Society Face Book Page.   We have 31 likes since the page was launched late last night.  We have 250+ members... it would be great to see this number of likes into 200 or more.  Quite a few of these first 31 are not TSGS members.  They are giving us some great support and comments!  After you "like" us then come back often and make a comment or contribute something to the page.  Help make this a success!  It will be another great tool to help all of us with our genealogy and history.

John G. West, TSGS Vice-President
TSGS Web Master
TSGS Blog Master
TSGS Face Book Admin

TSGS Membership Dues

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Our Membership Dues are...
still only $12/year!!!

If you have not paid your renewal dues for fiscal year 2012-13, please fill out the Membership Form on the TSGS Web Site and send in your dues before 01 Sep 2012. 

The cost of sending out the member's quarterly journal The Tri-State Packet to individuals not included in the bulk mailing is very high... so we have to charge extra for late memberships.  After 01 Sep 2012, membership dues go up to $14.  Please send in your dues ASAP!

Interested in joining the Tri-State Genealogical Society for the first time, just fill out the membership form and send in the $12 dues... it is that simple!

Donald R. Counts, TSGS President

TSGS Member Joins her Ancestors

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Marjorie E. (Greb) Heerdink, (86)

of Evansville, Indiana... passed away Saturday, July 21, 2012, at her home surrounded by her loved ones.
She was formally employed at Southern Indiana Wire, Indianapolis, Ind. She was a member of the Women Auxiliary VFW Post #1114, Fraternal Order of Police and the Tri-State Genealogy Society. Marjorie enjoyed crocheting, reading and music. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great grandmother and anchor of her family.  She was preceded in death by her son, Ronald Heerdink; brothers, James, Robert and Joseph Greb.
Marjorie is survived by her husband of 41 years, Norman L. Heerdink; daughters, Judy Myers, of Boonville, Julie "Dawn" Fine and Tonya Gee and husband Allen, all of Evansville; sons Jeffrey Overton, of Naples, Fla., and Robert Heerdink, of Frisco, Texas; 12 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-grandson; brothers, Raymond Greb, Herman (Buddy) Greb and Norman (Tommy) Greb; sisters, Mary Louise Galoway and Norma Jean Rasmussen; nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday July 25, 2012, at Ziemer Funeral Home East Chapel, 800 S. Hebron Ave., Evansville, IN 47714.  Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday July 26, 2012, at the funeral home.  The family would like to thank the staff at Heritage Hospice for their loving care.  Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery.  Condolences may be made to the family online at www.ziemerfuneralhome.com

Published in Courier Press on July 24, 2012

Marker/Plaque/Monument Monday

During Memorial Day weekend...

Becky & I were out decorating family graves with flowers in the area cemeteries, as we do each year.  Mom and Dad are buried in Alexander Memorial Park Cemetery along with four of Mom's brothers.  We have cemetery plots for us there, as well.  Memorial Park provides some cookies and something to drink and a nice room to get cool after being in the hot, sunny outdoors, plus restrooms!  TSGS member Jill Brinkley works there.  Jill along with Chad Williams were TSGS Seminar Co-Chairs for several years.  When we got to the office, Jill was running around helping a visitor find someone buried there.  While standing in the office waiting for her return, I noticed these very attractive and unusual plaques on the wall.

 These two Century Club Awards (shown above and below were) awarded to Jillian Brinkley in 2009 and 2010 "For Excellence, Dedication, and Commitment to Outstanding Service."  A nice tribute to her professional work!  

A few years back, Jill was a singer and sang with the Don Lee Trio.  Don Lee is the husband of TSGS member Judy Foreman Lee and fellow Orange County, North Carolina researcher.

 Above Jill is seated in front of Don's group... left to right: Jim Camp, Don Lee and Wayne "Red" Wick.  Below is a newspaper photo of Don and Jill singing.

- Compiled by JGWest.  - Plaque photos taken by JGWest.  - Don and Jill photos taken from Jill's FaceBook site.