Our Organization
Our Vision
The O’Brien County Cemetery Preservation Association (OCCPA) aspires
to preserve the pioneer cemeteries of O’Brien County Iowa as a tribute to the
early settlers of this area.
Our Mission
The mission of the O’Brien Country Cemetery Preservation
Association is to locate, record, restore and maintain all the pioneer
cemeteries of O’Brien County Iowa.
Our Goal
To continue our efforts of restoring and preserving O’Brien
County Iowa’s pioneer cemeteries. The
process will include:
1.
The Association will conduct extensive
historical research on the cemeteries themselves and those buried therein. We
will make the information available and at area libraries.
2.
The Association will preserve and maintain the
cemeteries themselves and the stones therein by.
a. Cleaning
up intact stones.
b. Conserving
broken stones.
c. Erecting
new stones in instances where the exact burial location is known but there is
no existing marker.
3.
We will erect signs to aid those interested in
the cemeteries.
a.
Directory signs in each cemetery including the
names, dates of birth and death and the location of those buried therein (when
possible). The directory will also
include a map of the cemetery.
b.
Location sign marking the location of each
cemetery at their respective entrances.
c.
Directional signs on the nearest paved road to
each cemetery indicates the route to each cemetery.
