It’s a lovely picture of the military service stone on the grave of Claude Sartorius near Peoria, Illinois. I’m appreciative to the FindAGrave  contributor who took it and who graciously gave me permission to use the image of the stone in this post. Other military markers can be seen in the background, but many of the […]

The headstone application for Claude Sartorius appears in “Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963,” on Ancestry.com. There is a significant amount of detail on this “Application for Headstone or Marker” which documents some of his military service between 1906 and 1909. He is buried on the grounds of the former Peoria State Hospital near Bartonville, Illinois, […]