Posthumous Profiles

Reading Time: 4 minutes Buried in an unassuming grave at Aultorest Cemetery lies the body of Corporal Fred J. Grant. Cpl. Grant was killed in action on November 10th, 1918, just hours before the…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Located in Aultorest Cemetery, you would probably walk past Herbert Griffin’s grave and never realize it was there. The worn granite headstone, simple in decoration, is lying flat from spending…

Reading Time: 1 minute This weeks’ Posthumous Profile is a really short one, but I love headstones with photographs and couldn’t resist. Anna Dodas was born in Kranidi, Greece on July 15th, 1895. In…

Reading Time: 9 minutes In my recent post about the Hotel San Carlos, I briefly mention their most famous resident spirit, Leone Jensen. I wanted to do a Posthumous Profile on her because I…

Reading Time: 3 minutes I stumbled upon this grave in the Salt Lake City Cemetery over the weekend while looking for someone else’s final resting place. One of my favorite things when wandering around…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Vincenzo Conte, or Jim as he seemed to be more commonly referred to was a goat rancher who lived near Butterfield Canyon. Originally from Italy, Jim and his wife Anna…