Where the Stunters Rest Tour

NIAGARA FALLS, NY (Oakwood Cemetery) - Visit some of Niagara's most colorful characters.  Oakwood Cemetery's "Where the Stunters Rest" Tour will take you to meet Annie Edson Taylor face to face.  Join her and visit Carlisle Graham, Capt. Matthew Webb, and Francis Abbott (the Hermit of Niagara).  Learn of their adventures, and capture the excitement they caused.

Three tours are available.  One on Friday June 15 at 2pm, and two on Saturday June 16, one at 10am and one at noon.  Click here to buy your tickets pre sale.

Flower pots for Mother's Day this Sunday

NIAGARA FALLS, NY (Oakwood Cemetery) - The Niagara Floral Center and Greenhouse at Opportunities Unlimited Niagara has created some beautiful flower pots for Mother's Day.  The pots are available at the cemetery from 9am - 3pm Saturday, and Sunday.  Prices are $25 and $30 for 10" and 12" pots.  Monies go to support Opportunities Unlimited and a small portion goes to the cemetery.

Armenian Commemoration Photos

NIAGARA FALLS, NY (Oakwood Cemetery) - On Sunday, April 29, 2012 the Armenian Community of Niagara Falls came together for a Requiem Service in the cemetery.  The event was well attended, bringing together the two Armenian Apostolic Churches in town.  The congregations St. Sarkis and St. Hagop honored the over 500 souls of Armenian descent that rest in Oakwood Cemetery.  Click the picture to see more photos.

Niagara Beautification 2012 Pictures

NIAGARA FALLS, NY - (Oakwood Cemetery)  Check out the new pictures of Niagara Beautification on April 21, 2012.  Pictures were taken by Tim and Barbara Maloney of Friends of Oakwood and AARP.  And thanks to all the volunteers them for their yeomen work on the cleanup!

Niagara's connection to the Titanic

NIAGARA FALLS, NY (Oakwood Cemetery) - As is usually the case in any big story, there seems to be a Western New York connection.  In the Titanic tragedy at least five (probably more) connections were made.  Mr. Stanley Fox, Miss Lillian Bentham and Peter Mackain all of Rochester, and Edward Kent, prominent Buffalo architect were aboard the ill-fated ship.  But our story concerns Mrs. Emily S. Douton of Niagara Falls who was awaiting word on the condition of her husband, William Douton.  Michelle Kratts picks up the story.

Read the story here.