About me
I stumbled into cemetery preservation work quite by accident when I repaired the marker for my 2X Great grandfather, William Jordan, at the Greenwick Cemetery located in Andrew County, MO. There was no turning back at that point. I completed field training on the proper methods of repair, including “do no harm”. Thus far, I have recovered, restored and cleaned hundreds of monuments….all completely free of charge.
contact me at kurt@kccemeteryman.com
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Today, I am honored to serve on the Board of Directors for Missouri Preservation. This affords me the opportunity teach, train and present to others on the importance of cemetery preservation.
Recovering and Restoring a Tablet Marker
Recovering and Restoring an Obelisk
Lifting and Resetting Obelisks
Resetting a slotted base tablet
Cleaning tablet markers
The six piece tablet restoration
George Breckenridge-July 2, 1828-July 4, 1863
Special Recognition- April 23, 2024
Missouri Preservation-2024 McReynolds Award
Recent Press
KQ2 TV-Darren Doyle -October 5, 2025
The Ordinary, Extraordinary Cemetery Podcast-January 30,2025
Fox 4 KC Featured Segment on Greenwick Restorations-June 2023
Savannah Reporter-Marshall White September 25,2025
News Press Now-Leah Rainwater November 27, 2024
St.Joseph News Press-March 27, 2024
Savannah Reporter-August 23,2023
Savannah Reporter-January 12.2023
Community Engagement-March 22,2024
Mount Mora Cemetery-St. Joseph, Mo Missouri Western State University Student Volunteers
Savannah,MO-Leadership Gravestone Cleaning-April 13, 2024
Bethany, MO Headstone Workshop June 8, 2024
Community Presentations
Midwest Genealogy Center-June 16, 2025
Andrew County Historical Society-2024
Recent Projects-
QR (quick response) code platform launched to support restoration work at Greenwick Cemetery-Amazonia, MO. This platform brings history “to life” for visitors with families stories, relationships and when available, actual photographs. Content researched and crafted by Monica Eshelman. http://www.greenwickcemetery.com
Skills Training
Privileged to have trained once again with the renowned preservationist Jonathon Appell from Atlas Preservation-July 2023
“That’s the thing about this kind of work, it’s a lot like work “.
Jonathon Appell
48 State Tour Workshop w/ Jonathan Appell
Mount Mora Cemetery
St. Joseph, MO
July 2024
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