/tags/oakwood-cemetery Oakwood Cemetery en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Wed, 20 Sep 2023 18:38:16 GMT /austin/2023-09-20/starting-next-year-researchers-will-seek-relatives-of-long-lost-oakwood-cemetery-residents The project aims to track the lineage of the centuries-old people whose graves were forgotten. Researchers say it's one of the first studies to ever do so. Wed, 20 Sep 2023 18:38:16 GMT /austin/2023-09-20/starting-next-year-researchers-will-seek-relatives-of-long-lost-oakwood-cemetery-residents Andrew Weber /austin/2020-05-18/buttons-buckles-and-jewelry-shed-light-on-the-lives-of-forgotten-dead-at-austins-oakwood-cemetery For a century and a half, their graves went unmarked, their lives unconsidered, and their legacies paved over. They are survived by buttons, by buckles� Mon, 18 May 2020 10:01:00 GMT /austin/2020-05-18/buttons-buckles-and-jewelry-shed-light-on-the-lives-of-forgotten-dead-at-austins-oakwood-cemetery Andrew Weber /austin/2017-05-08/austin-parks-department-to-exhume-graves-found-under-oakwood-cemetery-chapel The city plans to exhume and rebury human remains found last year by a construction crew working at Oakwood Cemetery in East Austin.Construction was� Mon, 08 May 2017 12:56:47 GMT /austin/2017-05-08/austin-parks-department-to-exhume-graves-found-under-oakwood-cemetery-chapel Syeda Carrillo /austin/2016-07-27/city-puts-search-for-new-cemetery-manager-to-rest Tonja Walls-Davis has a new favorite grave site: one for a child, where the headstone is in the shape of a single Lego.“I’ve traveled these grounds so� Wed, 27 Jul 2016 10:00:00 GMT /austin/2016-07-27/city-puts-search-for-new-cemetery-manager-to-rest Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2015-09-17/plotting-the-future-of-austins-cemeteries Update, Thursday 1:45 p.m. The City of Austin reports that Council approved the Cemeteries Master Plan.Original story: The Austin City Council will vote� Thu, 17 Sep 2015 15:49:11 GMT /austin/2015-09-17/plotting-the-future-of-austins-cemeteries Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2013-06-07/city-asks-for-input-in-preserving-cemeteries Austin's cemeteries have a long list of problems � broken headstones, aging fences and outdated irrigation systems. Some cemeteries aren't even compliant� Fri, 07 Jun 2013 19:10:44 GMT /austin/2013-06-07/city-asks-for-input-in-preserving-cemeteries Gefei Liu /austin/2013-02-04/while-state-cemetery-prospers-austin-resting-place-in-disrepair Cemeteries in many cities are considered important historical places, memorials to famous and influential people. Consider the Granary in Boston, Highgate� Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:29:51 GMT /austin/2013-02-04/while-state-cemetery-prospers-austin-resting-place-in-disrepair Joy Diaz