Sunnyslope

Corona Genealogical Society

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The Sunnyslope Cemetery Project

The society has succeeded in properly and completely documenting the graves of Sunnyslope Cemetery in Corona. The beautifully bound book was displayed at Corona Family History Seminar on 6 October 2007. A copy is available for reference in the Corona Public Library in the Heritage Room (upstairs).

THE COMMITTEE

Sherry Jones, Debbie Stuckert, Len Enlow

Noella Benvenuti, Pam Coleman, Ellery Wayman

Questions about this project can be directed to

Len Enlow

Requests for information that is in the book should be directed to

The Corona Public Library

On 10 October 2007, Len Enlow presented a copy of the book to the Corona Public Library;
On 19 October 2007, a copy of the finished product was presented to Sunnyslope Cemetery.

To view some of the gravestone photos from Sunnyslope Cemetery, go to RootsWeb and scroll down to the cemetery's listing.

Cemetery Strolls have been conducted at Sunnyslope for a number of years. Presenters have told the stories of those at rest in the cemetery in a first-person format. These have been presented by the Friends of Sunnyslope, which has sponsored the Cemetery Stroll since 2008 (the Corona Historic Preservation Society sponsored the Cemetery Walk in prior years). All stories have been researched by local historians and written in a narrative format for performance. If you have additional information on these Corona residents, please contact Jean Hibben, who will forward the correction or addition to the appropriate historian for further communication and/or adjustment. If you have personal information of someone interred in Sunnyslope that you would like to see featured in a future stroll, contact us and we will follow up accordingly. Primary movers and shakers of the stroll: Kathleen Dever and Diane Shockey Wright.

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The 23 October 2011 Stroll dealt with the Carnegie Library: the donors, trustees, and others involved in Corona's impressive location of learning. The weather was perfect and the attendees enthusiastic. In other words, it was a great success with talented actors portraying some of Corona's most prominent citizens. The scripts used in the presentation are included with those from past programs (see list below).

To read the information on residents discussed in prior Strolls, click on the name links below for the related story:

Grant C. Alexander

Ira and Hortense Ashcroft

Theodore and Emma Ashcroft

George Baer

Georgiana Baird

Rio Delos Barber

Phoebe and W. C. Barth

Mabel Berner

Rufus Frank Billings (revised)

Arthur Cane (abridged for Leona Fink)

Willard and Willa Mae Capen