Edited by:

Jill Doak

Contributing Authors:

“Chippiannock Cemetery & The Rural Cemetery Movement”

Alice E. Novak

“Biographies”

Terri Wiebenga

“Scripts”

Charles Oestreich

“Victorian Symbolism on Markers & Monuments”

Loren Horton & Gregory Vogele

“Cemetery Grounds as an Arboretum”

Gregory Vogele

Published by:

Rock Island Preservation Commission, City of Rock Island

&

The Chippiannock Cemetery Heritage Foundation

Designed by:

Midwest Graphics Management

Monument Photography by:

Dennis Fretty

Copyright © The Chippiannock Cemetery Heritage Foundation, 2006, all rights reserved

Dedication:

To Those Who Value and Help to Preserve the History, Beauty & Culture of Chippiannock Cemetery