Orlin Leo Johnson - Hopewell Cemetery, Hopewell, KS
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member The Snowdog
N 37° 48.354 W 099° 00.039
14S E 499942 N 4184279
This home-made grave marker for a one-year-old boy is in Hopewell Cemetery - in Hopewell, Kansas.
Waymark Code: WM171CQ
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 11/19/2022
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member iconions
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Orlin Leo Johnson lived but five weeks past his first birthday. His home made grave marker is just to the left as you enter the gate at Hopewell Cemetery. One can only imagine how hard times were then in rural Kansas, at the cusp of both the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression.
Date of Birth: 11/1/1928

Date of Death: 12/11/1929

Material: Concrete

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