Meet people from the past at Grayslake cemetery walk

The 10th annual living history tour of the Grayslake Cemetery will take place at 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday.

In the 1860s, Lawrence Forvor deeded land for this burial site. Each year his wife, Maria, returns from the past and welcomes the audience. This year a re-enactor portraying William Brandstetter, the local saloon keeper, will lead the group to visit six former residents of the Grayslake area. Bert Johnson worked at Taylor's Lake and will tell how the lake became Highland Lake. Rene Vantwoud's father had a summer hotel at Druce Lake. Eunice Fenlon Wisner was born at Sand Lake and was the grandmother of Grayslake's first lawyer, R. W. Churchill. Joe Schlosser will explain his connection to a mass murderer. Mary VanDuzen Kapple will inform the gathered audience that the water pipe that carried water to the Columbian Exposition in Chicago ran through the Kapple farm. Jane Wilson Hart's husband participated in the Gold Rush.

This event is hosted by the Grayslake Historical Society and sponsored by Strangs Funeral Chapel and Crematorium and Barb's 21 East Florist. The Grayslake Cemetery is located one half-block north of the intersection of Lake Street and Belvidere Road. There is no admission charge.

In case of rain the event will be held in the Community Room of the State Bank of the Lakes, 50 Commerce Drive, Grayslake. For more information, call (847) 223-5509.