Victorian Funeral Customs
Victorian Funeral Customs will be the subject of the next event at the Welch Historical Museum located on Main Street, Sunfield on Thursday, October 16 with a pot luck dinner at 6 pm followed by the program at 7 pm. If you are unable to attend the pot luck dinner, be sure to join us at 7 pm.
Our speaker, Sharon Kehetian Broglin from Allen Park, Michigan has been the director of the Allen Park Historical Museum and the Allen Park Historical Commission for 23 years. A member and volunteer in various capacities at museums and for historical societies that would include Friends of Eloise, Lincoln Park Historical Museum, Houghton Lake Historical Museum, the Wyandotte Historical Museum, Preservation Wayne, Detroit Historical Museum, Fort Wayne and National Historic Preservation. Sharon has been a docent at the Henry Ford Estate, Fairlane for ten years, they are closed at this time for renovations, and a member of the Questers, a nationwide historic preservation group. Sharon also wrote the book, ALLEN PARK, a Arcadia publication in 2006.
Our speaker, Sharon Kehetian Broglin from Allen Park, Michigan has been the director of the Allen Park Historical Museum and the Allen Park Historical Commission for 23 years. A member and volunteer in various capacities at museums and for historical societies that would include Friends of Eloise, Lincoln Park Historical Museum, Houghton Lake Historical Museum, the Wyandotte Historical Museum, Preservation Wayne, Detroit Historical Museum, Fort Wayne and National Historic Preservation. Sharon has been a docent at the Henry Ford Estate, Fairlane for ten years, they are closed at this time for renovations, and a member of the Questers, a nationwide historic preservation group. Sharon also wrote the book, ALLEN PARK, a Arcadia publication in 2006.
Cemetery Walk
On Sunday, October 19 at 2 p.m. the Sunfield Historical Society and the Lansing/Sunfield Curtenius Guard Camp #17, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War will give a walking tour of the Welch Cemetery and the Freemire Cemetery in honor of our Civil War Veterans.
We will be meeting at the Welch Cemetery at 2 pm located on west side of Shaytown Road, south of M-43 (driving directions;1 mile east of the corner of Sunfield Hwy and M-43 to Shaytown Road, and 2¾ miles south).
We will then travel to Freemire Cemetery located on the west side of Brown Road, between Bismark Road on the North and Kelly Road on the South, to continue our tour. Driving directions will be given to you at the Welch Cemetery.
We will be meeting at the Welch Cemetery at 2 pm located on west side of Shaytown Road, south of M-43 (driving directions;1 mile east of the corner of Sunfield Hwy and M-43 to Shaytown Road, and 2¾ miles south).
We will then travel to Freemire Cemetery located on the west side of Brown Road, between Bismark Road on the North and Kelly Road on the South, to continue our tour. Driving directions will be given to you at the Welch Cemetery.