OpinionFebruary 16, 2001
LETTERS: MONETT POLICE TRYING TO RETURN TWO TOMBSTONES
To the editor: The Monett Police Department needs your help. Officers recently responded to a landlord who went to clean up a house where renters had suddenly left and were thought to have returned to California. The landlord found two tombstones in the garage. They were for Robert Lee Simpson, March 18, 1936-May 23, 1996, SP4, U.S. Army, Korea and Walter R. Guyall, July 25, 1922-Aug. 26, 1996, Private, U.S. Army, World War II...
Murray Bishoff
To the editor:
The Monett Police Department needs your help.
Officers recently responded to a landlord who went to clean up a house where renters had suddenly left and were thought to have returned to California.
The landlord found two tombstones in the garage. They were for Robert Lee Simpson, March 18, 1936-May 23, 1996, SP4, U.S. Army, Korea and Walter R. Guyall, July 25, 1922-Aug. 26, 1996, Private, U.S. Army, World War II.
The stones appear to be in good condition.
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Obituaries for these men never ran in The Monett Times. The police would like to return the stones but don't know where to take them. If you can help trace these stones, please do so. Inquiries may be made to the Monett Police Department at (417) 235-4241.
MURRAY BISHOFF
Managing Editor
The Monett Times
Monett, Mo.
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