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The McMillin Mausoleum

Most people think family cemeteries, particularly ones in the western United States, consist of a couple of tumbledown marble or wooden headstones surrounded by a rotting picket fence. Sad to say, this is mostly true: but there are exceptions. Take for example the family plot of the McMillins, in Roche Harbor. John McMillin owned the…

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Visiting the Lees in Lakeview Two of Seattle’s Lakeview Cemetery most famous residents are Bruce Lee and his son, Brandon.

Visiting the Lees in Lakeview Two of Seattle’s Lakeview Cemetery most famous residents are Bruce Lee and his son, Brandon. Every year, thousands of people from all over the world visit them. Visitors are so common that when I recently went into the cemetery office to ask about another matter, the receptionist did not even…

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Moszek Sztajnkeler Identified

Born Moszek Sztajnkeler in 1928 in Zakrzówek, Poland, Morris Stein passed away in North Carolina in 2014. His son, Jack Stein, says that Morris struggled to talk about his experiences during the Holocaust. As a child in Israel, Jack did not ask his father about his life during World War II because it caused him…

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Sacher Israeler Identified

Born in Krakow, Poland, on January 19, 1931, Steve (formerly Sacher) Israeler was the youngest of six children. His father, David, had a textile business on the main street of the city’s Jewish quarter, and his mother, Regina (Ryfka) (née Wolf), was a housewife. His older siblings were Miriam, Rose, Janka, Helen, and Walter (Zev)….

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The Garden of Eden

If you thought the Garden of Eden was somewhere in the Middle East, forget it, it was in Bristol, Florida––or so the legend goes. I heard about this astonishing revelation a few years ago, and decided to check it out for myself. Bristol, located in Liberty County, looks like any other small town in northern…

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