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Globe-Gazette
Mason City, Iowa
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
40 Headstones Smashed in Ringgold County Cemetery
MOUNT AYR, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in Ringgold County say vandals have caused more than $20,000 in damage to a southern Iowa cemetery.
The Ringgold County sheriff's office reported Tuesday about 40 headstones at the Tedrow Cemetery in Athens Township were knocked over and broken between July 11 and July 17.
The cemetery is being described as a pioneer cemetery. That means less than 12 burials have occurred at the cemetery during a 50-year period. Most of the headstones in the cemetery were repaired and restored five years ago.
The Ringgold County Sheriff's office is asking for the public's help in finding the vandals, and asks those with information to contact the officials.
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, July of 2010
May 04, 2012 I have received word that Ringgold County's Pioneer Cemetery Committee has repaired the savagable
gravestones and replaced all the others with gravestones that have an 'older look' that is in keeping with Tedrow's
age and atmosphere. Glorious news, indeed! ~ SRB
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