Digging Down in Dimondale

Digging Down in Dimondale Total Concentration on Preservation and Restoration of Pioneer & Veteran Monuments of Windsor Twp.

Do you have Blood Poisoning and don’t even know it? I’ll bet you do!Trot on down to your village drug store for a bottle...
06/04/2026

Do you have Blood Poisoning and don’t even know it?
I’ll bet you do!
Trot on down to your village drug store for a bottle of Botanic Blood Balm!
1906

After years of sitting in all types of weather, the seal between stone pieces rots away. This monument was about to fall...
06/03/2026

After years of sitting in all types of weather, the seal between stone pieces rots away. This monument was about to fall over.

I leveled the base and reset this very heavy, very tall, monument.
I used leveling lead wedges, epoxy putty and monument setting compound.

Those materials harden like cement and are very solid.
They keep moisture out too.

This one is about 8’ tall and it belongs to Lucy Spears and her daughter is beside her. Her inscription reads:

“For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again,
even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him.”



What’s next? Sunday, June 14th, Flag Day, at 2PM,COME TO DIMONDALE CEMETERY for The Eaton County Historical Commission’s...
06/02/2026

What’s next?
Sunday, June 14th, Flag Day, at 2PM,
COME TO DIMONDALE CEMETERY for The Eaton County Historical Commission’s CEMETERY TOUR!

We’ve prepared some great stories of great Pioneers told by some wonderful actors, some dressed in period attire, just for you.

AND I GET TO PLAY MR. TYLER HULL!
Don’t miss this fun, Dimondale event! It’s FREE, but your donation is welcome.



So, Barbi Schroeder asked if we’d take a look out here at Felt Plains Cemetery in Benton Twp of Ingham County.It was a l...
05/31/2026

So, Barbi Schroeder asked if we’d take a look out here at Felt Plains Cemetery in Benton Twp of Ingham County.

It was a lovely drive through the Michigan farm land and gave us a reason to stop at Merindorf Meats!

The small cemetery is well kept, but as usual, the older sections are very broken and neglected. They have very old stones and unique stones I’ve not seen before. I’d sure love to fix some. But it’s 35 minutes one way from my house.

Enjoy these pictures I took.

THAT… was amazing. 15 stones cleaned and two large family stones cleaned. With a little help from my friends. Merideth, ...
05/30/2026

THAT… was amazing.
15 stones cleaned and two large family stones cleaned.

With a little help from my friends.
Merideth, our Township clerk, brought kids from her church youth group.
Terry and Dave were here, Henry and Sandra Pray were here and I got to meet their son, Nathan Pray.

Hard work, but we all came together to make it happen.
You should see Henry swing that broom!

It’ll take time to get them white, but we made great improvement.
Thank you all.




300 pounds of cement. One down, one to go. It could be worse…. Just ask Harry Chapin.
05/29/2026

300 pounds of cement.
One down, one to go.
It could be worse…. Just ask Harry Chapin.





Stone Cleaning Day!This Saturday, May 30th, 3PM to 6PM ish…we will have a group of teens coming to clean stones at Cour...
05/29/2026

Stone Cleaning Day!
This Saturday, May 30th, 3PM to 6PM ish…
we will have a group of teens coming to clean stones at Courter-Pray Cemetery! Refreshments too!

We plan to clean the PRAY FAMILY STONES. There are 15.
Can you help? Would you like to join us? PLEASE DO!
There is strength in numbers!

Wear old shoes. Brushes and cleaner provided.
Come and help us and this PIONEER CEMETERY!



Amazing!Even Donald J. Trump is doing restoration work! The fountain in Columbus Circle in D.C. has been without water f...
05/28/2026

Amazing!
Even Donald J. Trump is doing restoration work!

The fountain in Columbus Circle in D.C. has been without water for two years.

Look at it now!

Had a great time of rememberance and honor being in the Dimondale Memorial Day Parade and Memorial Service at the cemete...
05/25/2026

Had a great time of rememberance and honor being in the Dimondale Memorial Day Parade and Memorial Service at the cemetery.

It was so nice seeing our village come together.
The parade was very long and fun was had by all.

They said this may be the Lions last year.
Someone will need to step up to make this event continue into the future.
I’d like to see a ceremony at the G.A.R. Memorial and I volunteer to make that happen. FYI

We got some good pictures of the memorial service and my wonderful Uncle, Clarence Hill. Did you know that he has put flags on the graves in the cemetery for 10 years!?

Now, what’s next on my list…. Flag Day. Sunday, June 14 at 2:30pm.
Eaton County Historical Commission’s History Walk at Dimondale Cemetery!
I get to be Mr. Tyler Hull. Don’t miss it!
7 great stories of Dimondale Pioneers!




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