Dec 22, 2020
Stark Memorial created a personalized ornament for each individual who passed away in 2020 and used the funeral home’s service. Due to the colder weather and the COVID-19 pandemic, all personalized ornaments were delivered or mailed to the next of kin who handled the arrangements instead of being displayed on Stark Memorial’s Christmas tree. “This year has been especially difficult for everyone, and it was often hard to celebrate the lives of those we lost while social distancing,” said Dan Madden, president of Stark Memorial. “When that Christmas ornament is placed on your tree, it will warm your heart and you will remember all the good times you had with them.” Madden suggests the ornament becomes a family tradition and is passed around to a different family member to put on their tree each year. (Submitted photo)
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Morning Journal/Mary Ann Greier
This strip of land along Park Drive in Salem has been selected as the site for the Garden of Memories by Stark Memorial.
SALEM A strip of land stretching from State Street to Pershing Street along Park Drive, leading into Centennial Park, will become a place where residents can sit and remember loved ones lost.
To be known as The Garden of Memories by Stark Memorial, the park land will be transformed gradually with annual donations of trees, benches or other items by the funeral home in memory of the people who have passed on.
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This strip of land along Park Drive, which is city park property and leads into Centennial Park, has been selected as the site for the Garden of Memories by Stark Memorial. The funeral home is partnering with the park district to donate trees, benches or other items each year to transform the area into a place of reflection to remember loved ones lost. This yearâs donation will include a flag pole in memory of people lost in 2020 and a bench in memory of Russell Loudon, former owner of Stark Memorial, who recently passed away. (Salem News photo by Mary Ann Greier)
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