Bash Cemetery Restoration Project

We need your continued help!

As many of you may have seen in the past, the resting place for several of our ancestors had not been maintained and had been in disrepair. Recent restoration has cleared the brambles covering the grave sites and has opened the cemetery view. There is still work to do that will begin again as the weather improves. Additional clearing of the grounds and properly resetting the head stones is scheduled for this Spring. This continued restoration and maintenance requires funding.

In 2009 - Richard Ashmun's organization, General Arthur St. Clair Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution Society in Greensburg, along with a Boy Scout working on his Eagle Scout Award, cleared the Cemetery area of the heavy over growth and uprighted fallen stones. This local help, along with family volunteers has kept the cemetery from being plowed over as has so many other family plots in the area.  At the 2010 reunion, it was decided to hire a professional grounds keeper and restoration specialist to get things back to a serviceable condition, and to maintain the grounds. This will provide a quite and historic place for family to visit and pay respect to our ancestors who built this part of the country with their hands and hard work.

Shirley Gosnell has opened an account to receive donations for this project. She also has a P.O. Box to accept your contributions by mail. All monies need to be sent by check or money order.  Please do not send cash. We have verified that this project does not qualify for a charitable donation. Please send in what you can to help preserve what is left of an important part of our heritage. For accounting control, we have a check and balance in place with Jim Lauffer Sr. on the account and full balance management by the Reunion Treasurer.

Send your donation to:

Shirley Gosnell

P.O. Box 90623

Tucson, AZ 85742

Make checks payable to Shirley Gosnell and reference the

Cemetery Restoration Project

Restoration funds will be issued from the account to pay invoices for work performed. An accounting of all funds received and spent will be posted on this website. Photos will be posted showing the project's progress. The following is the account balance to-date.  No funds have been used as yet:

$1103.25 as of 9 April 2011

Part of this fund will be used for the 2011 Reunion expenses

We have received very generous donations and want to thank all of you who have contributed to this important project! There has been much work accomplished from your donations. The bank has been going down and there is much to do, with continual maintenance. Please keep your pocket books open.

Jim Lauffer Sr.