May 9th Facklers Grove Cemetery work day

The Ely Community History Society is asking for volunteers to help during a work morning (9:00 a.m. to noon) at Facklers Grove Cemetery on Saturday, May 9th (rain-date will be May 16th).  Volunteers will gather at the Ely Community Center at 9:00 a.m.  The Ely Community Center is located at 1570 Rowley St, Ely, IA - it is a 2-story brown brick building on the south side of Rowley Street just after you turn off W6E (also State Street),
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Work will include general spring clean-up, picking up sticks, clearing growth in the fence line, identifying and clearing gravestone areas, and cleaning gravestones. Tools to bring include shovels, digging forks, rakes, whisk brooms, stiff nylon brushes, trowels and loppers.  Wear  gloves, clothes and shoes suitable for working, and bring bug spray and water if you wish.

If you wish to help, please call Barb Horak at

Change in hours

We are changing our hours at the Archives Room.   We will now be open on most Tuesdays from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.  However, always call ahead if you are planning a visit to do research.

We do miss some weeks, so rather than making a drive and finding us not there, PLEASE CALL! This is especially true during the summer when we spend a lot of our time working on the Facklers Grove Cemetery project.

We can also make appointments for other times if you cannot come during open hours.

Call:  Barb at (319) 848-4074 or Clary  at (319) 848-4963

Repairs

Our crew has been working on repairing bases and stones.  Three repaired bases with head stones are now back where they should be in the cemetery.  Below shows a repair on a base before it was placed in the ground.  The second photo shows a grave stone re-attached to its base with supports to hold it in place.