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Historical tours will be conducted this fall at Oak Lawn Cemetery in Sturgis, pending weather and status of the pandemic.
Jenifer Policelli, director of Sturgis Historical Museum, said tours will highlight the lives of 12 Sturgis residents buried at Oak Lawn Cemetery, including the first mayor of Sturgis, Thomas Collins.
Other notable figures include Mary Hackstaff, John and Ardillacy Sturgis, Jonathan Wait and Susan Buck Wait, Dr. Nelson Packard, Wallace Weatherly, Clarence Jesse, Ray and Elsie Kimball, and Helen Walton Bishop, a survivor of the Titanic disaster.
The theme for the tour is “Notable Firsts in Sturgis History.”
Volunteer guides from Sturgis Historical Society will lead participants from one gravesite to the next. Costumed actors from Sturgis Civic Players plan to portray the prominent residents and deliver first-person accounts of their lives.
Tour dates are set for Sept. 18, Oct. 16 and Oct. 30.
Sturgis Historical Society plans to charge a $10 fee per visitor for the tours.
