Jacobson grave

My father got Alzheimer's disease at age 55 and died at 60. I have made a Google™ map of my father's resting place in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL, USA. On the map:

  1. Click "Lot 41, 42".

  2. Zoom in via "+" or slider bar.

  3. Un-check the overlay to reveal many headstones within the two lots. (In Google Earth one can fade the overlay too.)

(If we knew and then pinpointed the exact headstone, we should also save that as a static image, as the position is likely to slip a little upon each update of Google's satellite imagery.)

I made the map based on the following:

From: staff@gracelandcemetery.org
Subject: RE: exact coordinates of resting place
To: jidanni@jidanni.org
Date: 29 Jan 2011

Dear Mr. Jacobson:

I am happy to fulfill some of your request. I can verify your father's cremation and burial here at Graceland; I can also provide maps to locate his grave. The maps are attached. I trust you to find the coordinates, so that you may mark your Google page.

Benjamin H. Jacobson
Died March 25, 1990
Age at death 61 [60 3/4 --Dan]
Cremated March 26, 1990
Inurned March 26, 1990
Section B
Lot 41, 42
Grave 5 with headstone

Attached please find the following maps:

  1. Map of Graceland Cemetery
  2. Map of section B

These two maps should help you track the coordinates of your father's grave. I am unsure if Google maps will allows enough detail, so that your father's headstone is legible. However, the maps should provide a fairly accurate reference.

Please let us know if we can be of further assistance:

Cordially,

Max Lombardi

Records

-----Original Message-----
From: jidanni@jidanni.org
Sent: January 26, 2011
To: info@gracelandcemetery.org
Cc: annette.jacobson@comcast.net
Subject: exact coordinates of resting place

Dear Graceland Cemetery,
My father, Benjamin H. Jacobson, who died around 1990, I believe is
buried at your cemetery. What I want to do is make a Google Maps link,
for example [...] to the exact spot, to save in posterity on my
website, as it seems unlikely I will visit it in person. Can you help
me make such a link? I see there is much discussion:
http://www.google.com/search?q=google+maps+cemetery+mapping. Thanks.
--Dan Jacobson.

(Before we get too serious: Perpetual Care, starring Ernest P. Worrell.)

積丹尼的祖先 Dan Jacobson's Ancestors

Dan Jacobson

Last modified: 2011-02-06 08:10:15 +0800