“Down on Odle Creek Daniel Thatcher, a well-known farmer, has lived all his life. He was born and reared there. The scenes of his childhood have so endeared themselves to the aged farmer that the mere thought of being seperated from these cherished environments, even in death, is unbearable to him.”
“To satisfy the desire to remain right among the hills and dales in which he has spent the past three score and ten years of his life, after his spirit has been called to the Other Land, he has made arrangements for the erection of a tomb on his farm, in which he asks to have his remains laid to rest.”
“Albert M. Reiser, the local contractor, has been awarded the contract for the work. A large tomb, constructed of concrete, is to be built on the farm now occupied by the venerable Mr. Thatcher. The material for the same is already on the site.”
“All opposition to the carrying out of the plans advanced by his aged wife, has availed nothing. Mr. Thatcher wants his wife to consent to having her body laid to rest in the vault alongside of his own, but Mrs. Thatcher refuses. She insists on being buried in the Odle Creek burying ground alongside the remains of her lifelong acquaintances. This partners in life may be seperated in death. This has not deterred Mr. Thatcher, as the vault will built. If his wishes are respected, after his spirit has passed through the Valley from which no man returneth, his body will rest in the concrete vault which he had previously prepared.”1
