No. 225 in the series Tales from Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery
By SUE HUNTER WEIR
This started as a mystery story. During its research, the mystery was more or less solved. The solution seemed like it would be complicated, but it turned out to be quite simple.
Hazel Anderson’s granite marker found in a Powderhorn Park Neighborhood backyard that was discovered decades later while clearing overgrown greenery. The marker reads: Our Daughter, Hazel K. L. Anderson and includes her birthdate, August 5, 1894, and her death date, March 22, 1915. PHOTO: Courtesy Sue Hunter Weir
HAZEL ANDERSON AUGUST 5, 1894 – MARCH 22, 1915 The story began when Powderhorn Park Neighborhood residents, Heidi and Renae, found a headstone in their backyard. They’d moved into their house about three years before. Neighbors told them that their house had been unoccupied for about ten years before they moved in. When they were weeding and clearing out scrub trees in the overgrown northwest corner of the yard, they found a speckled red granite headstone face down in the dirt. It was a marker for Hazel Anderson who had died more than a century earlier. A friend of theirs did a little research and found a young woman with the same name and birthdate on Pioneer and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery website.… Read the rest “Mystery Solved: Young Woman Found and Remembered”
Election Day is November 5, 2024. This is a general election to select the President of the United States. Minnesota Voters will also choose one U.S. Senator, eight U.S. Representatives, representatives for open seats in the Minnesota State House of Representatives, as well as judges, candidates in local races, and choices on possible ballot questions. Make your voice heard by voting in this election! This “Nuts and Bolts” article provides practical information to assist you in voting. Let’s make a plan to vote!
Register at your current address. In Minnesota, you can register to vote online, by mail or in person at your polling site. Pre-registering online and by mail must be done by October 15, 2024, or you can register when you vote at your polling place on Election Day (November 5) or at early voting locations before Election Day (September 20 through November 4), and when voting early by mail. If you are already registered to vote at your current address you do not need to show an ID to vote; if you are not, you can register on Election Day at your polling place site, but you will need to bring an ID or other proof of residence.… Read the rest “Pledge to Vote! Nuts and Bolts”
By LAUREN GILCHRIST, Senior Director of The Collective For Community Health at Children’s Minnesota
As we at Children’s Minnesota, the only exclusively pediatric health system in the state, mark our one hundredth anniversary of serving patients and families, we are excited to expand our investments in the Phillips Community. We recently purchased two properties across the street from our Minneapolis hospital in the Phillips neighborhood. The locations include a former funeral home and the former location of the Augsburg Fairview Academy, which recently found a new home. As plans develop for these spaces, we are committed to continued and ongoing transparent engagement with the community. As always, Children’s Minnesota will continue to center our mission to champion the health needs of all children and families as we look towards our future vision to ensure that we remain a vital community resource and partner. Please reach out with questions or concerns to community@childrensmn.org.
Editor’s Note: the alley newspaper received this submission from Children’s Minnesota about a very important development that impacts our community. We have reached out to Children’s MN with additional questions and encouraged them to prepare a more comprehensive article for a future issue. At the time of publication they haven’t yet confirmed a plan to do so; in an attempt to keep readers informed in a timely fashion, we chose to put the information we do have from Children’s MN in this August issue.… Read the rest “Children’s MN Now Owns Entire 2500 Block of Park Ave”
