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Cemetery

Forest Lawn, Detroit Michigan

This cemetery holds 2 major plots for the Strunk and Gignac families.  One major plot is in the "old" section, another in the "new" section.  

Click on the photos to enlarge  -  Tombstone inscriptions at the bottom of this page

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Stone sign along Van Dyke.  This is one of Detroit's older cemeteries - do not visit alone!

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The Strunk Family - Louis Gignac Family Plot

The large tree blew down during 2003 - adjacent to Harold Strunks unmarked grave.

 

 

Harold Strunk 
[no marker]

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FL grave Agusta.jpg (49565 bytes)

FL grave Adele.jpg (52535 bytes)

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FL grave Minnie.jpg (43346 bytes)

FL grave Rhea.jpg (43490 bytes)

 
New Section

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W Gignac Wilfred.jpg (53182 bytes)

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Old Section - sec 5

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Louis E. Gignac

1884 - 1959

Augusta Gignac

1885 - 1964

Adele C. Youngs

nee Gignac

1914 - 1969

William Strunk

1856 - 1933

Minnie Strunk

1855 - 1927

Rhea Marie Watts

nee Gignac

1917 - 1951

 

Adjacent to the Gignac - Strunk plot

Harold Strunk*

tree

Edward  N. Gassman

May 28, 1883     Feb 22, 1938

Helen Gassman

May 2, 1880      May 5, 1966

Otto Strunk

Michigan

Pvt Co F 125 Infantry

World War I  PH

Dec 23, 1891 Sept 25, 1954

Oscar B. Schiefele

1889 - 1923

Lily Schiefele

1887 - 1946

* denotes a unmarked grave

 

 

New Section

GIGNAC

 

Wilfred L Gignac

PFC 67 AAA Gun BN CAC

World War II

Mar 16 1909    Aug 22, 1972

Ralph M Gignac

Capt US Army

World War II

Jan 5 1912          Sep 13 1988

Ripley L. Gignac

1942 -- 1963

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page updated last: 28 November, 2008