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For more information contact John Wood at info.friendsofbedfordcemeteries.org



We Honor Doris Peck Spurway		Upcoming Events
A Bedford Chair was presented to Doris Peck Spurway by Town Manager Russell Marcoux and Chairman John Wood at the January 2009 Annual Meeting of the Friends of the Bedford Cemeteries.		May 20, 2008 7:30 PM, Cleaning Gravestones Kia Natena of Grave Stone Services of New England will give a program on how to clean grave stones. June 6, 2008 9:00 AM Gravestone cleaning party. Center Cemetery 12:00 PM Strawberry Festival at the Presbyterian Church All meetings are held at the Bedford Library unless otherwise indicated.
How Grave Markers are made. At our March 18, 2009 at 7:30 PM meeting at the Bedford Public Library, Jeff Boucher, President of the Manchester Memorial Company, will present a video presentation prepared by Rock of Ages that will show how grave markers are manufactured. All are welcome to attend what should be an interesting presentation.		Peter Woodbury Born in Bedford in 1899. Served in WW I in france with Machine Gun Company 107 US Infantry and received the Purple Heart. In 1927 he graduated from the Harvard Law School. Starting as a judge in the Bedford Municipal Court, he was Appointed Associate Justice of the NH Superior Court in 1933 and served as a justice of the 1st Circuit of the US Circuit Court of Appeals, in 1959 , becoming the senior judge in 1964 and serving until his death in 1970. He served two years as a Selectman for the Town of Bedford. Complied by Doris Peck Spurway and John Jordan
Memorial Garden Being Planned for Bedford Center Cemetery The Trustees of the Bedford Cemeteries received a grant from the Citizens Bank, Ann DeNicola Charitable Foundation, to establish a Memorial Garden at the Bedford Center Cemetery Cemeteries all over New England are making areas where ashes can be spread or burial urns can be placed. Visitors will enter the garden via a meandering pathway lined with granite benches, native trees and ground covers. Memorial plagues may be placed in the garden area. Martha Lyon, Landscape Architect, has been hired and has already met with the Trustees to discuss the garden She specializes in cemetery landscapes, having just completed a memorial garden in Providence, RI. Her proposal follows.
Trustees Select Landscape Architect

This web site has been approved by the Town of Bedford to display all information regarding the burials in the Bedford Cemeteries. This site has been developed by the WLD Group of Bedford, NH as a donation to the Town.
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