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Memorial Garden and Columbarium
St. Paul Episcopal Church
Maumee, Ohio

This website is a searchable likeness of the Memorial Garden and Columbarium at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Maumee, Ohio. It includes the 'Denise DeStatte Memorial Garden': 'Wall' of niches, 'North Garden Plaque' of names of those remembered but not interred, 'East Garden Plaque' of names of those interred in the garden bed, and the 'Gerry Womack Garden Tree' Memorial. It also includes the 'Carillon Tower' Memorial, the 'Columbarium' of niches, the 'Necrology Panels' listing departed parishioners, and 'Topics' concerning those departed.

This website's goal is to remember the lives of individuals in the memorial garden, columbarium, and on the necrology panels; locate the remains of departed parishioners; and enable virtual visits by those unable to physically visit the parish.

This website is designed as a pictorial map showing what an actual visitor would physically see. Visual appeal, simplicity, and uniformity are emphasized.

To find an individual's Memorial, follow the steps in the Search Example.

All links and only links are underlined with a solid line. Underlining is limited and done with a dotted line. Unless linking within the same webpage, the links open in a new tab or window which the user closes. Links to external webpages not on this Memorial Garden and Columbarium website are underlined in red.

Browser Tab titles are kept distinguishable even when they are narrowed by many open tabs. The user is expected to control tabs and windows. Switching between them rather than opening another tab or window. Closing tabs and windows when they are no longer needed.

This website has been tested with large screen desk and laptop computers, to some extent with 10 and 7 inch screen tablets, and to some extent with a 6 inch screen phone. Any information about how this website appears on smaller screens would be appreciated. Submit a Comment .

To add a new Memorial, follow the steps in Adding New Memorial.

The Memorial Garden and Columbarium website simultaneouly exists on its webmaster's Microsoft OneDrive.

Search

An enterable Search box is provided at the top of the main 'Memorial Garden and Columbarium' page, the 'Topics' page, the 'Church Resources' page, the 'Sunday' page, and within this 'Help' page, to search the whole website for a name or topic.

To avoid redundancy without reducing the effectiveness of the search,
'Tags', 'Days', 'Birthdays', 'Individuals-Automatic',
'The History of St. Pauls PDF',
'Necrology Panels 2021 Parishioners -Entry- sequence',
'Necrology Panels 2021 Parishioners -Last Name- sequence',
'Necrology Panels Parishioners -Entry- sequence', and
'Necrology Panels Parishioners -Entry- sequence w/strike-outs',
web pages are bypassed when building the website's searchable index.

Because the contents are not pertinent to this website,
the 'Struggling Anglican';
'St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Maumee, Ohio';
'Online Book of Common Prayer'; and
'Statue of Liberty - Ellis Island Foundation'
web pages are bypassed when building the website's searchable index.

The 'Memorial Garden', 'Columbarium', and 'Necrology Panels' pages are searchable. Topics pages 'Church Flowers in Memoriam', 'Kneelers', 'The Easter of Claudia', 'History of St. Paul's Episcopal Church', 'Letters of Harriet Jukes', and 'Church Resources' pages are also searchable. Topics pages 'A Beacon in the Wilderness' and the 'Sesquicentennial Book', existing mainly as images, are not searchable.

The page images of the 'Inventory of Historical Records' page are not searchable and the links shown in the images do not work. However, the 'Inventory of Historical Records' PDF, accessed by links found at the top and bottom of page images of the 'Inventory of Historical Records' page, is searchable by using 'CTRL f' in a Window's PC browser or the 'Find in page' option in an Android browser. The links shown on this PDF work.

Suggest using advanced search: entering 'all of these words' and 'this exact phrase', show '25' results per page, description text 'long', word stemming 'none', leave accent sensitive unchecked, and case sensitive unchecked.

When searching for an individual, begin by searching on the last name only.

While viewing the page containing the searched item, find the specific item within the page, by using 'CTRL f' in a Window's PC browser or the 'Find in page' option in an Android browser.

Search on audio-location to find all audio clips on the website. 'CTRL f' and 'Find in page' can not be used to find the specific location of the audio on the page. Scroll down the page to find the audio play boxes.

The following Search Words with suggested Search Result to Select may be used to explore Church Resources. 'Level' reflects Church Resources' structure. Copy a Search Word and paste it into the site Search box. Then select 'Search'. Then select the Search Result which match the Search Result to Select for the Search Word or select any other Search Result of interest.

Locations

Columbarium link
- Columbarium Niches 1 - 42

The Denise DeStatte Memorial Garden Wall link
- The Denise DeStatte Memorial Garden Wall
- - The Denise Destatte Memorial Garden
- - Garden Wall Niches _1A - 10D
- - Garden Wall Niches 11A - 20D
- - Garden Wall Niches 21A - 30D
- - Garden Wall Niches 31A - 35D

The Denise DeStatte Memorial Garden East Garden Plaque link
- The Denise DeStatte Memorial Garden East Garden Plaque
- - The Denise Destatte Memorial Garden
- - East Garden Plaque Nameplates 01-01 - 12-03

The Denise DeStatte Memorial Garden North Garden Plaque link
- The Denise DeStatte Memorial Garden North Garden Plaque
- - The Denise Destatte Memorial Garden
- - North Garden Plaque Nameplates 01-01 - 12-04

The Denise Destatte Memorial Garden Gerry Womack Garden Tree link
- The Denise Destatte Memorial Garden Gerry Womack Garden Tree
- - The Denise Destatte Memorial Garden
- - The Denise Destatte Memorial Garden Gerry Womack Garden Tree

Carillon Tower link
- Carillon Tower

Necrology Panels links
- Necrology Panels 2021 1836 - 2021
- Necrology Panels2021+1842 - last All Saints Day

Location links are smaller pictures toward the top of the website's main page. The links are repeated with larger pictures toward the bottom of the page for a more virtual visit.

Columbarium

Niche

Columbarium niches are vertically stacked in columns. 'Columbarium Niche 1' is the address of the top niche in the leftmost column. 'Columbarium Niche 4' is at the bottom of that column. 'Columbarium Niche 39' is at the top of the rightmost column. 'Columbarium Niche 42' is at the bottom of that column. Assigned niches have engraved nameplates. Hovering or long pressing over a nameplate will show the address and the family's name. Selecting a nameplate will show the family's individual Memorials in a new window.

The Denise DeStatte Memorial Garden Wall

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Niche Set


Nameplate

The Denise DeStatte Memorial Garden Wall Niche Sets, numbered 1 through 35, are shown on the Memorial Garden Map, starting at the bottom from right to left then upward. Each set has an upper left A niche, an upper right B niche, a lower left C niche, and a lower right D niche. Each niche is behind a quadrant of a single covering plaque. A nameplate for each niche is on each quadrant of the plaque. An example would be 'Garden Wall Niche Set 1', consisting of 'Garden Wall Niche 1A', 'Garden Wall Niche 1B', 'Garden Wall Niche 1C', and 'Garden Wall Niche 1D' addresses. Hovering or long pressing over a nameplate will show the address and the individual's name. Selecting a nameplate will show the individual's Memorial in a new window.

When the garden wall page is loaded, The Denise DeStatte Memorial Garden plaque's gold border flashes twelve times as a reminder to select the plaque for the Denise DeStatte's Memorial.

The Denise DeStatte Memorial Garden
East Garden Plaque

Nameplate

The Denise DeStatte Memorial Garden East Garden Plaque individuals are interred in the Memorial Garden bed. Their nameplates are addressed by their horizontal row and vertical column position on the plaque. The first nameplate on the upper left of the plaque is 'East Garden Plaque Nameplate 01-01' and the last nameplate on the lower right is 'East Garden Plaque Nameplate 12-03'. Hovering or long pressing over a nameplate will show the address and the individual's name. Selecting a nameplate will show the individual's Memorial in a new window.

The Denise DeStatte Memorial Garden
North Garden Plaque

Nameplate

The Denise DeStatte Memorial Garden North Garden Plaque individuals are remembered but not interred in the Memorial Garden. Their nameplates are addressed by their horizontal row and vertical column position on the plaque. The first nameplate on the upper left of the plaque is 'North Garden Plaque Nameplate 01-01' and the last nameplate on the lower right is 'North Garden Plaque Nameplate 12-04'. Hovering or long pressing over a nameplate will show the address and the individual's name. Selecting a nameplate will show the individual's Memorial in a new window.

Memorials include address, photo, nameplate or plaque, full name, tags, obituary summary, obituary download, testimonials, and the 'Find a Grave' Memorial link. Content may be made private, only accessed using a name and passcode issued by the webmaster.

For Memorial pricing and arrangements, contact St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Maumee, Ohio.

Necrology Panels

Necrology Panels are annually displayed in the beginning of November for 'All Saint's Day'. They list parishioners who died within the parish in past years. Panels are named with their first listed year, a dash, and their last listed year. The years of the panel names may overlap.

The Necrology Panels 2021 link toward the bottom left of the main Memorial Garden and Columbarium web page is provided to show the Necrology Panels on All Saints Day, 2021. The Necrology Panels link toward the bottom right of the main page is provided to show the Necrology Panels on All Saints Day after 2021.

Select a range of Years toward the top of the 'Necrology Panels 2021' or 'Necrology Panels' pages to view panel images with those years. Use the back button to return to the top Years. Each panel image year-range name is shone at the top of the image. Select the panel image to fully view a panel. While fully viewing a panel, select the bottom down-triangle ▼ to view the top of the next chronological panel or select the top up-triangle ▲ to view the bottom of the previous panel. While fully viewing panels on the most recent 'Necrology Panels' page, select the small bottom maximum view to view panel at maximum size.

The Parishioners link toward the top of the 'Necrology Panels 2021' page and the corresponding link on the 'Necrology Panels' page branch to the Parishioners' -Last Name- sequence, Google Sheets, -Entry- sequence, -Entry- sequence w/line-outs, and [Interment Adjustments] links toward the bottom of the page. These are provided to show parishioner lists for each set of Necrology Panels in the sequences or sections indicated or on the original Google Sheets, with the entry's...
-c- change status compared with 'Necrology Panels 2021',
-First Middle Names-,
-Last Name-,
-Age- died,
-Year Death Recorded-,
-Panel- name,
-Entry- sequence number,
-History- ('The History of St. Paul' Episcopal Church') underlined page (p.) links,
-Beacon- ('A Beacon in the Wilderness') page (p.) references, and
-Notes-.

-c- change status on Parishioners on 'Necrology Panels 2021' is blank.
-c- change status on Parishioners on 'Necrology Panels' is...
-e- for equal to,
-r- for revision of,
-y- for removal from one year, but placed in another year as r revision,
-a- for addition to, or
-d- for drop from the 'Necrology Panels 2021'.

Unexplained d drops have their -First Middle Names- and -Last Name- in red.
y removals from a year have their -First Middle Names- and -Last Name- in orange.
d drops and y removals from a year have their -First Middle Names- and -Last Name- striked out.
d drops and y removals from a year are only shown in the -Entry- sequence w/strike-outs sheet of the Parishioners on 'Necrology Panels'.

Parishioners Google Sheets listings may be viewed in -Last Name- sequence, -Entry- sequence, or only show [Interment Adjustments] used to find a parishioner's obituary or interment, by selecting the so named sheet. Parishioners on the most recent 'Necrology Panels' may also be viewed with the d drops and y year change strike-outs by selecting its -Entry- sequence w/strike-outs sheet.

An underlined -First Middle Names- on the Parishioner list is a link to any Memorial on this website, else any 'Find a Grave' memorial with gravesite and obituary information, else any obituary or document memorializing the parishioner,
else an Added Memorial on this website.

An Added Memorial may be created for individuals on the Necrology Panels without any linkable memorial or of special interest. An Added Memorial may be just a note or a link to a downloadable obituary, or a complete Memorial.

An underlined -Last Name- on the Parishioner list is a link to the page with a Picture of the parishioner usually in the Sesquicentennial Book of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Maumee, Ohio.

Square brackets [ ] enclose Interment Adjustments required to the listed -Last Name-, -First Middle Names-, and/or -Year Death Recorded- to find the parishioner's obituary or interment. Questionable adjustments or finds are indicated by [?].

The underlined -Panel- on the Parishioner lists is a link to the full view of the panel.

Lists

The Individuals link is provided on the main Memorial Garden and Columbarium web page to show a 'last name' ordered list of individuals in the memorial garden and columbarium with their 'first middle names', 'last name', 'address', 'service', and 'memorial title'. The 'first middle names' do not include any title. Individuals whose interment is reserved or private with blank or no nameplates are not on the Individuals list. To best match the Memorial Garden and Columbarium, only those with mounted engraved nameplates are on the Individuals list.

The underlined 'address' is a link to the individual's memorial. An 'address' ending with a ditto " mark is a repeated address for an additional individual.

'service' in the military is signified by the served country's flag. Agency logos signify fire or police department service. Government logos signify government service. Hovering or long-pressing over a smaller service symbol will explain the service. Only one service is shown with priority given to military service.

Scrolling may be automatic or manual. During manual scrolling, a filter may be inputted to only show rows displaying the filter. Select 'select-filter' and input columbarium to show individuals in the Columbarium, wall niche for those in the Memorial Garden Wall, north for those with nameplates on the North Garden Plaque, east for those with nameplates on the East Garden Plaque, or robert to show all the 'Robert's in the Memorial Garden and Columbarium. Input a filter of 'Ladies', 'Gentlemen', or 'Veterans' to only show rows meeting those particular requirements which are not displayed in the rows. Simply select the adjoining 'Veterans' to only show veterans in the Memorial Garden and Columbarium. Select reload headers to return headers and the original view between different filtered viewings or when filtered viewing has been completed.

The Tags link is provided for analysis of the Memorial Garden and Columbarium based on the 'address⇕' and the tags maintained on individuals. Provided are sortable columns⇕ when selected, used first; an inputted filter, used next, only showing rows displaying the filter; and a ⇐ link to the individual's memorial. Answering such questions as to how many and what individuals are interred in a columbarium niche, a memorial garden wall niche, the memorial garden bed, or are just remembered but interred elsewhere, etc. Select 'select-filter' and input a filter of 'Ladies', 'Gentlemen', or 'Veterans' to only show rows meeting those particular requirements which are not displayed in the rows. Select reload headers to return headers and the original view between different filtered viewings or when filtered viewing has been completed.

An 'address⇕' with an ending ditto " mark is a repeated address for an additional individual. The 'first⇕' name does not include any prefix, title, middle initial, or middle name. The 'last⇕' name does not include any suffix. Individuals whose interment is reserved or private with blank or no nameplates are not on the Tags list. To best match the Memorial Garden and Columbarium, only those with mounted engraved name nameplates are on the Tags list.

The following Tags are maintained in individual memorials.

• first-Name - first name of 'Name' without any prefix, title, middle initial, or middle name;


• last-Name - last name of 'Name' without any suffix;


• born-1900 - born in four digit year of '1900' without month or day;


• died-2000 - died in four digit year of '2000' without month or day;


• location-columbarium - memorial in columbarium -or-,
  location-garden - memorial in memorial garden;


• interred-bed - cremains placed in memorial garden bed,
  interred-elsewhere - remains not in memorial garden or columbarium,
  interred-niche - cremains located in columbarium or garden wall niche, -or-
  interred-reserved - reserved memorial location

Individuals interred in the memorial garden or columbarium have either an interred-bed or interred-niche tag.

The Days link is provided for analysis of the Memorial Garden and Columbarium based on born and died dates. Provided are sortable columns⇕ when selected, used first; an inputted filter, used next, only showing rows displaying the filter; and a ⇐ link to the individual's memorial.

An 'address⇕' with an ending ditto " mark is a repeated address for an additional individual. The 'first⇕' name does not include any prefix, title, middle initial, or middle name. The 'last⇕' name does not include any suffix. Individuals whose interment is reserved or private with blank or no nameplates are not on the Days list. To best match the Memorial Garden and Columbarium, only those with mounted engraved nameplates are on the Days list.

An individual's born and died dates are divided into mo month, dy day, and yr year. Within the born date, these are terminated and separated by a / slash. Within the died date, these are separated by a | vertical bar. The month has a leading _ underscore. The day has a trailing _ underscore. A value of 00 means the month or day is unknown.

An individual's age is in 'yrs years, :ms months, and .ds days, determined by the number of years, months, and days between an individual's born and died dates, including the day died, using the Time and Date Duration page. If the born month and day are not known, 12/31 is used, and age ends with a + plus sign. If the died month and day are not known, 01/01 is used, and age ends with a + plus sign.

Select 'select-filter' and input 1942/ to filter and only show individuals born in 1942. Input _01/ to only show individuals born in January. Input _12| to only show individuals who died in December. Input '07 to only show individuals who died in their '70's. Select reload headers to return headers and the original view, between different filtered viewings or when filtered viewing has been completed.

As of November 10, 2024, of the 100 individuals in the Memorial Garden and Columbarium, 5 have an unknown birth month and day, and 5 have an unknown death month and day.

The Sunday link is provided on the main Memorial Garden and Columbarium web page to present links to memorials and references associated with the current Sunday and commencing week.

At the top center of the page, an enterable Search box is provided to search the whole Memorial Garden and Columbarium website for a name or topic.

The bottom left link is to Church Flowers In Memoriam - a reverse chronologically ordered list of departed individuals memorialized with church flowers. The current Sunday's individuals are highlighted at the top. Underlined individuals are links to their memorials.

The bottom center link is to Memorial Garden and Columbarium Scripture References - a reverse chronologically ordered list of Sunday scripture readings, linking to the text, ▷ audio, and * references within the Memorial Garden and Columbarium website.
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The bottom right link is to the current Sunday Week of the Memorial Garden and Columbarium Birthdays - a birth month and day ordered list of departed individuals in the memorial garden and columbarium. The Sunday Week individuals are highlighted and are marked by the beginning Sunday date and end of week date. Underlined individuals are links to their memorials.
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The Birthdays link is provided on the main Memorial Garden and Columbarium web page to show a birth month and day ordered list of individuals in the memorial garden and columbarium with their birthday, individual name, departed date, and a brief profile. The list is grouped by month.

Underlined individuals are links to their Memorials.

Select the sunday link in the top heading to branch to the current Sunday Week of highlighted birthdays, marked by the beginning Sunday date and end of week date.

Select the Sunday Week heading's sunday to return to the Sunday page of the Memorial Garden and Columbarium website. Select the Sunday Week heading's birthday to branch to the beginning Birthdays.

Since Sunday Week birthdays start Sunday, links to Sunday's flowers and Sunday's scripture are provided to the right of the flower picture in the Sunday Week heading. The links' underlines blink twelve times as a reminder.

A filter may be inputted to only show lines containing the filter. Select 'select-filter' and input Haines to filter and only show individuals with the Haines name. Select reload headers to return headers and the original view when filtered viewing has been completed.

The 'first middle names' do not include any title. Individuals whose interment is reserved or private with blank or no nameplates are not on the Birthdays list. To best match the Memorial Garden and Columbarium, only those with mounted engraved name nameplates are on the Birthdays list.

As of April 24, 2024 of the 99 individuals in the Memorial Garden and Columbarium, 5 have an unknown birth month and day.

The Families link is provided to show multi-generational family members' nameplates or plaques occurring in the memorial garden and columbarium. The families are grouped by -INTERRED- and just -REMEMBERED- and listed alphabetically. Select a nameplate to view Memorial.

The Changes link is provided to show major changes to the website. These changes are reported during the annual verification, done on All Saints Day, forcing the web site to match the physical Memorial Garden, Columbarium, and Necrology Panels. The last Verified on... date is shown at the bottom of the website's main page.

The Pictures link is provided to access major Memorial Garden and Columbarium pictures, especially those pictures not readily accessible at their main location.

The Scripture link is provided to access a reverse chronologically ordered list of Sunday scripture readings, linking to the text, ▷ audio, and * references within the Memorial Garden and Columbarium website.

A scripture passage is shown on at least three lines. The book is shown on the first line. The chapter and verse range of the passage is shown on the second line. Additional chapter and verse ranges are shown on additional lines. A ▷ link to passage's audio is shown on the last line.

The oremus Bible Browser is used to show scripture text. A Quicklink is created for each chapter and verse range.

Free Tools Textmagic is used to present the scripture's audio. A Shared Link is created for the scripture passage. Large segments of scripture may require multiple numbered ▷ Shared Links shown horizontally. Select the ▷, allow the Shared Link's text to load, and then select the blue circled ▷ to play the audio.

Multiple * references to the scripture passage found in the Memorial Garden and Columbarium website are shown vertically.

Since scripture is usually for Sunday, links to Sunday's flowers and Sunday commencing week's birthdays are provided to the left and right of help, above the column headings. The links' underlines blink twelve times as a reminder.

The Topics link is provided to directly access major topics involved with departed parishioners. The topics are Church Flowers in Memoriam linking those remembered with church flowers to their memorials, the Kneelers sewn by the women of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Maumee, The Easter of Claudia play enacted in the sanctuary, A Beacon in the Wilderness cover of the church history by parishioner Marilyn Wendler, the History of St. Paul's Episcopal Church by parishioner Ruth Miller, the Letters of Harriet Jukes with topic index, the Sesquicentennial Book of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Maumee, Church Resources with prayers and writings and guidelines, and the Inventory of Historical Records including church burials.

Church Resources are a Blessing Before Meals with Paul's Peers Respite Care Memorial; An Episcopal Poet with Reverend John Green's life, writings, and Memorial; Harvest Prayer with Mary Sabin Honored; Lector guidelines with Lectors Honored; Lay Eucharistic Visitor guidelines with Alice Spaulding Memorial and Reverend Frances McNutt Honored; Devotions for Holy Eucharist with Frona Deken Memorial; An Anglican Rosary with Anglican Rosary Memorials and Ray Gallo Memorial; Sexton for Major Church Events description with Church Campus Set-ups; Overnight Hosting guidelines with Overnight Volunteers Honored; Sevens of the Church subjects viewed as sevens with Altar Guild Honored and Patricia Thomas Memorial; and the Flower Show and Flower Table of the Church Flowers of Claudia Stein.

Topics links are smaller pictures toward the top of the Topics page. The links are repeated with larger pictures toward the bottom of the page for a more virtual visit.

The Statistics link is provided to summarize data taken from Tags and Days using their sorts and filters, or the Necrology Panels' Parishioners -Entry- Sequence Sheet.

The Memorial Garden and Columbarium contains the names on nameplates and plaques of individuals interred or just remembered. Statistics first shows the total interred and remembered of locations, ladies, gentlemen, veterans, and died years. Statistics next shows individuals' Age Died of the youngest, oldest, and by age decades. Statistics then shows each of the Necrology Panels' number of years, names, and names per year. Finally, Statistics shows the Necrology Panels Deaths for each year as an 'angel' horizontal bar chart.

The sum of interred and remembered is greater than the sum of nameplates and plaques because some nameplates or plaques are for more than one individual or a Columbarium Niche inters more than one individual.

Memorial Garden and Columbarium interred and remembered are the sum of - Columbarium and - Memorial Garden interred and remembered.

- Memorial Garden interred and remembered are the sum of - - Garden Wall, - - East Garden Plaque, - - North Garden Plaque, - - Gerry Womack Garden Tree, and - - Carillon Tower interred and remembered.

East and North Garden Plaques are plaques but are not counted (1) since their Nameplates are already being counted.

Faded totals are maintained so that the sum of interred and remembered matches other known totals.

The Comment link is provided to send a comment to the Memorial Garden and Columbarium site's webmaster.

The popular Find a Grave website is the "world's largest gravesite collection". Many individuals in the Memorial Garden and Columbarium already had memorials on the 'Find a Grave' website before this Memorial Garden and Columbarium website was created. Changes to these existing 'Find a Grave' memorials have been made with information from this website. 'Find a Grave' memorials have been added for any interred individual in the Memorial Garden and Columbarium, not already on the 'Find a Grave' website. 'Find a Grave' memorials are to be maintained for all individuals interred in the Memorial Garden and Columbarium. 'Find a Grave' registration is free. Registered members of 'Find a Grave' may add new unique gravesite memorials and maintain them, request changes and additions to 'Find a Grave' memorials maintained by others, or add pictures and leave flowers on any 'Find a Grave' memorial.

Links to 'Find a Grave' Memorials for those Interred and just Remembered are provided on the main Memorial Garden and Columbarium web page at the bottom of 'Lists'. These link to two 'Find a Grave' virtual cemeteries. One containing only memorials of those interred. The other containing memorials of those not interred but just remembered in the memorial garden.

Topics

Church Flowers in Memoriam

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The Church Flowers in Memoriam link is provided on the Topics page of the Memorial Garden and Columbarium website to show a list of departed individuals remembered with Sunday church flowers in reverse chronological order for the last twelve months.

For a Sunday there is a single line for each individual in memoriam. The line contains the sunday and date of the flowers, the type of flowers, the from parishioner providing the flowers, the individual in memoriam, the individual's relation to the 'from parishioner', and any comment.

sunday is its numeric position within the month shown with the month's first three letters. date is in mm/dd/yyyy format without leading zeroes. flowers are Altar, Chancel, Easter Lilies, Poin-settias, or an * asterisk if the individual 'in memoriam' has no flowers but is remembered as a passing in the church's Sunday bulletin.

An underlined individual in memoriam is a link to the individual's Memorial. For recently departed, St. Paul's church may create a temporary memorial via its weekly 'Communicant' e-mail or website blog. This will copied to a more long-lasting 'Church Flowers in Memoriam Added Memorial' and used as an individual's memorial. A link to all added memorials is at the bottom of the 'Church Flowers in Memoriam' webpage.

An underlined comment is a link to other memorials or pertinent information. Links to external webpages not on this Memorial Garden and Columbarium website are underlined in red. Select the link to view the Memorial or information in a new window.
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Originally displayed but redundant sunday, date, flowers, from parishioner, or comment values are printed in white. Especially during 'filter' viewing, hover or select the line's white letters to darken the background to better view the letters. If the background does not darken, long press on any non-underlined screen value until a menu appears. Select 'select all' from the menu and all screen values will be highlighted. Select again and the highlighting will be removed.

Select the heading's sunday to return to the Sunday page of the Memorial Garden and Columbarium website.

Above the column headings, a filter may be inputted to only show lines containing the filter. Select 'select-filter' and input Gallo to only show lines containing that name. Input 1/8/2023 to only show lines containing that date. Select reload headers to return headers and the original view when filtered viewing has been completed.

Since flowers are usually for Sunday, links to Sunday's scripture and Sunday commencing week's birthdays are provided, centered, just above column headings. The links' underlines blink twelve times as a reminder.

For weeks when a large number of memorials occur, such as Christmas, Easter, and All Saints Day, the memorials are in separate webpages. When on one these pages, select the date to return to that date on the the main 'Church Flowers in Memoriam' webpage.
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Claudia Stein
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Claudia Stein of the Maumee, Ohio 'Burdo' family is a long time member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Maumee, Ohio, its Altar Guild, and as Altar and Chancel Flowers Coordinator. Select the flowers in the top heading to view the Church Flowers of Claudia Stein.

Parishioners choose the Sunday, whether Altar or Chancel Flowers, and usually departed family members to Memorialize. Claudia currently (2023) schedules and coordinates the flowers with parishioners and florists, beautifying the church and honoring those departed.

Sesquicentennial Book

The majority of personal parishioner Photographs are taken from the Sesquicentennial Book of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Maumee, Ohio. Published by 20th CENTURY PUBLICATIONS & PRINTING, Box 3106, Lexington, Ohio 44904, (419) 884-0860, 1986 In Association With RICK & SHARON MOORE, 7140 Waterville Monclova Road, Waterville, OH 43566.

No copyright is shown on the Sesquicentennial Book. This differs from later church books published and copyrighted by Olan Mills. After 34 years, both the 20th CENTURY PUBLICATIONS and the RICK & SHARON MOORE entities appear to no longer exist. So the use of the 20th CENTURY PUBLICATIONS' photographs is being made but for no profit and with credit given to their source.

Other pictures from the 'Find a Grave' or funeral home websites or obituaries may be used but with credit always given to their source.

Comment with your questions, corrections, and additions. Send owned photographs to davidswatts@toast.net.

Search Example

Find Virginia Odneal Burnett's Memorial

1. Select the 'Individuals' nameplate in 'Lists' section of the main 'Memorial Garden...' page.

2. A 'last name' ordered list of individuals with their 'address' is presented in a new window.

3. Find 'Virginia Odneal Burnett' in the list and note her 'address' of 'Garden Wall Niche 01C'.

You may select the underlined 'address' link, going directly to the Memorial.
For a more realistic visitor experience, continue with steps 4 through 8.

4. Return to the main 'Memorial Garden...' page.

5. Scroll down and select the 'Location' of the 'The Denise DeStatte Memorial Garden Wall'.

6. The 'The Denise DeStatte Memorial Garden Wall' is presented in a new window.

7. Select the lower/left 'C' quadrant nameplate of the first plaque '1' on the left of the top garden wall segment.

8. Virginia Odneal Burnett's Memorial is presented in a new window.

Adding New Memorial

Review website and help webpage especially concerning the location of the new Memorial.

Review existing Memorials and their context in the same location of the new Memorial.

Create the new Memorial using a copy of the Denise_DeStatte_Memorial_Garden_Wall/ Garden_Wall_Niche_00A.html.

Add the new Memorial, its photos, nameplate, and obituaries to the Denise_DeStatte_Memorial_Garden_Wall, North_Garden_Plaque, East_Garden_Plaque, or Columbarium location folder.

Add the new Memorial entry in the Denise_DeStatte_Memorial_Garden_Wall/ Denise_DeStatte_Memorial_Garden_Wall.html, North_Garden_Plaque/North_Garden_Plaque.html, East_Garden_Plaque/East_Garden_Plaque.html, or Columbarium/Columbarium.html location webpage.

Add the new Memorial entry to the Individual table in Memorial_Garden_Individuals.html and Memorial_Garden_Individuals_automatic.html

Add the new Memorial entry to the Tags table in Memorial_Garden_Tags.html.

Add the new Memorial entry to the Days table in Memorial_Garden_Days.html.

Add the new Memorial entry to the Birthdays table in Memorial_Garden_Birthdays.html.

If a multi-generational family is involved, add the new Memorial entry to Memorial_Garden_Family.html.

Add the new Memorial entry to Memorial_Garden_Changes.html.

Adjust statistics in Memorial_Garden_Statistics.html.

If the new Memorial is for an individual interred at St. Paul's, edit any existing 'Find a Grave' website memorial or add a new 'Find a Grave' memorial. For an individual not interred at St. Paul's, attempt to find the individual's 'Find a Grave' memorial. Link to any 'Find a Grave' memorial from the new Memorial.

Add the individual's 'Find a Grave' website memorial to the 'Find a Grave' 'St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Maumee, OH Interred' or 'St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Maumee, OH Remembered' virtual cemetery.

Postings

Monday, January 15, 2024, Martin Luther King Day Morning

Select the picture below to remember 'Martin Luther King's visit to departed parishioner Ted Lamb.
https://memorialgarden.nfshost.com/
North_Garden_Plaque/
North_Garden_Plaque_Plate_01-04.html

Wednesday, February 14, 2024, Valentine's Day Morning

Select the link below to view our 'Kneelers', Valentines from our departed Women of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Select a Kneeler for a full view. Comment on your favorite.
https://memorialgarden.nfshost.com/
Kneelers/
Kneelers.html

Wednesday, February 14, 2024, Valentine's Day Afternoon

Select the link below to view our departed Father John Raymond Green's poem, 'My Valentine'. Select 'An Episcopal Poet' for John's life and other writings.
https://memorialgarden.nfshost.com/
Church_Resources/
An_Episcopal_Poet/
myvalen.html

Monday, February 19, 2024, Presidents Day Morning

Presidents Day Select the link below to view our departed Father John Raymond Green's poem about 'President Abraham Lincoln's dream.
https://memorialgarden.nfshost.com/
Church_Resources/
An_Episcopal_Poet/
nocdrab.html

Tuesday, March 19, 2024, Spring Equinox Morning

Spring Equinox Select the picture below to view our departed Father John Raymond Green's poem about 'Spring'. Select 'An Episcopal Poet' for John's life and other writings.
https://memorialgarden.nfshost.com/
Church_Resources/
An_Episcopal_Poet/
raptspr.html

Sunday, March 24, 2024, Palm Sunday Afternoon

On Palm Sunday, 1995, St. Paul's Episcopal Church's Chancel Players presented the play, 'The Easter of Claudia', at both worship services in St. Paul's sanctuary. The play by our departed Reverend John Green contemplates Pontius Pilate and his wife Claudia on the very first Easter. Select the picture below to read and see the play.
https://memorialgarden.nfshost.com/
Church_Resources/
An_Episcopal_Poet/
eastcla.html

Sunday, March 31, 2024, Easter Afternoon

Select the picture below to view our departed Father John Raymond Green's poem about 'Easter'. Select 'An Episcopal Poet' for his life and other writings.
https://memorialgarden.nfshost.com/
Church_Resources/An_Episcopal_Poet/
easmomnt.html

Monday, May 27, 2024, Memorial Day Morning

Select the link below to view the Garden Memorial of 'Ralph Burdo', Claudia Stein's paternal grandfather, who died on May 27, 1968, while decorating graves for Memorial Day.
https://memorialgarden.nfshost.com/
North_Garden_Plaque/
North_Garden_Plaque_Plate_05-03.html#RALPH%20BURDO

Select the link below to read our departed Reverend John Green's poem, 'A Celebration of Infamy - 1926 A.D.', probably his own 12 year-old experience of Memorial Day.
https://memorialgarden.nfshost.com/
Church_Resources/An_Episcopal_Poet/
acelinf.html

Friday, June 14, 2024, Flag Day Morning

Select the link below to view our departed Reverend John Raymond Green's two short poems about the Flag of the United States. Then select mentioned 'Constitution' and 'Bill of Rights' for their transcriptions, or 'An Episcopal Poet' for John's other writings and his life.
https://memorialgarden.nfshost.com/Church_Resources/An_Episcopal_Poet/lovamer.html

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Thursday, July 4, 2024, Independence Day Morning

https://memorialgarden.nfshost.com/Post_Potential_Musings_of_James_Madison.html

Thursday, August 1, 2024, Reverend Mark Jukes Death Day Morning

https://memorialgarden.nfshost.com/Post_Letters_of_Harriet_Jukes.html

Wednesday, September 11, 2024, Tribute to Light Morning

https://memorialgarden.nfshost.com/Post_New_York.html

Thursday, October 24, 2024, Black Thursday and United Nations Birth Morning

https://memorialgarden.nfshost.com/Post_Black_Thursday.html

Sunday, November 3, 2024, All Saints Day Celebration Afternoon

https://memorialgarden.nfshost.com/Post_AllSaints.html

Monday, November 11, 2024, Veterans Day Morning

https://memorialgarden.nfshost.com/Post_VeteransDay.html

Thursday, November 28, 2024, Thanksgiving Afternoon

https://memorialgarden.nfshost.com/Post_HarvestPrayer.html

Thursday, December 5, 2024, St. Nicolas Day Morning

Select the picture below to view our departed Father John Raymond Green's poem about 'St. Nicolas'. Select 'An Episcopal Poet' for his life and other writings.
https://memorialgarden.nfshost.com/
Church_Resources/An_Episcopal_Poet/
nisanta.html

Wednesday, December 18, 2024 Week Before Christmas Morning

Select the picture below to view our departed Father John Raymond Green's poem about 'The Meaning of Christmas'. Select 'An Episcopal Poet' for his life and other writings.
https://memorialgarden.nfshost.com/
Church_Resources/
An_Episcopal_Poet/
stormis.html

Wednesday, December 25, 2024 Christmas Afternoon

'Sevens of the Church' is my Christmas offering to my St. Paul's family. Select Trinity Cathedral below then scroll down the page. Select pictures for a better view. May the pictures please and the words enlighten!
https://memorialgarden.nfshost.com/
Church_Resources/
Sevens_of_the_Church/
sevench.html

Wednesday, September 18, 2024, Abortion and Gender

https://memorialgarden.nfshost.com/Post_Abortion.html

Friday, September 27, 2024, The Cradle of Facism

https://memorialgarden.nfshost.com/Post_Facism.html