Extract from the minutes of the Indiana Natural Resources Commission meeting, March 24, 1999:
Consideration of Permit Authorizing the Reburial of Gene Stratton Porter and Her Only Daughter, Jeannette-Porter Meehan, on the Grounds of the Gene Stratton Porter State Historic Site
Tom Gross, Division of Museum and Historic Sites, presented this item. He said Gene Stratton Porter was a well-read author and a naturalist from Noble County. She eventually moved to Hollywood, California to start her own production company. Stratton Porter was killed in an automobile accident and buried in California.
Gross said Stratton Porter had expressed the desire to be buried on the grounds of her home in Nobel County, Indiana. The Gene Stratton-Porter Memorial Association acquired Stratton Porter's Nobel County home from her only daughter, Jeannette Porter Meehan (which became known as the Gene Stratton Porter State Historic Site) and conveyed the property to the Indiana Department of Conservation in 1947. The option for the purchase stipulated that Stratton Porter's body be moved from California and reinterred at her Nobel County property. The reburial did not take place during Jeannette Porter Meehan's lifetime. John and Jim Meehan, the only grandchildren of Gene Stratton Porter, recently informed the DNR about their desire to move the bodies of Stratton Porter and Meehan back to the Gene Stratton-Porter State Historic Site for reburial.
Gross said the Meehans have made the arrangements to pay all expenses associated with the reburial and have indicated a strong desire to complete the reburial before May 1, 1999. At that time, they will be coming with their families for the dedication of the new visitor center (to which they were major contributors). Gross said the Division of Museum and Historic Sites has obtained all required local and state approvals, with final approval by NRC, for the reburial. Gross recommended approval of the permit for reburial.
Jerry Miller moved to approve the permit for reburial of Gene Stratton Porter and her daughter, Jeannette Porter Meehan. The motion was seconded by Damian Schmelz. Upon a voice vote, the motion carried.
Consideration of Permit Authorizing the Reburial of Gene Stratton Porter and Her Only Daughter, Jeannette-Porter Meehan, on the Grounds of the Gene Stratton Porter State Historic Site
Tom Gross, Division of Museum and Historic Sites, presented this item. He said Gene Stratton Porter was a well-read author and a naturalist from Noble County. She eventually moved to Hollywood, California to start her own production company. Stratton Porter was killed in an automobile accident and buried in California.
Gross said Stratton Porter had expressed the desire to be buried on the grounds of her home in Nobel County, Indiana. The Gene Stratton-Porter Memorial Association acquired Stratton Porter's Nobel County home from her only daughter, Jeannette Porter Meehan (which became known as the Gene Stratton Porter State Historic Site) and conveyed the property to the Indiana Department of Conservation in 1947. The option for the purchase stipulated that Stratton Porter's body be moved from California and reinterred at her Nobel County property. The reburial did not take place during Jeannette Porter Meehan's lifetime. John and Jim Meehan, the only grandchildren of Gene Stratton Porter, recently informed the DNR about their desire to move the bodies of Stratton Porter and Meehan back to the Gene Stratton-Porter State Historic Site for reburial.
Gross said the Meehans have made the arrangements to pay all expenses associated with the reburial and have indicated a strong desire to complete the reburial before May 1, 1999. At that time, they will be coming with their families for the dedication of the new visitor center (to which they were major contributors). Gross said the Division of Museum and Historic Sites has obtained all required local and state approvals, with final approval by NRC, for the reburial. Gross recommended approval of the permit for reburial.
Jerry Miller moved to approve the permit for reburial of Gene Stratton Porter and her daughter, Jeannette Porter Meehan. The motion was seconded by Damian Schmelz. Upon a voice vote, the motion carried.
Extract from the minutes of the Indiana Natural Resources Commission meeting, March 24, 1999:
Consideration of Permit Authorizing the Reburial of Gene Stratton Porter and Her Only Daughter, Jeannette-Porter Meehan, on the Grounds of the Gene Stratton Porter State Historic Site
Tom Gross, Division of Museum and Historic Sites, presented this item. He said Gene Stratton Porter was a well-read author and a naturalist from Noble County. She eventually moved to Hollywood, California to start her own production company. Stratton Porter was killed in an automobile accident and buried in California.
Gross said Stratton Porter had expressed the desire to be buried on the grounds of her home in Nobel County, Indiana. The Gene Stratton-Porter Memorial Association acquired Stratton Porter's Nobel County home from her only daughter, Jeannette Porter Meehan (which became known as the Gene Stratton Porter State Historic Site) and conveyed the property to the Indiana Department of Conservation in 1947. The option for the purchase stipulated that Stratton Porter's body be moved from California and reinterred at her Nobel County property. The reburial did not take place during Jeannette Porter Meehan's lifetime. John and Jim Meehan, the only grandchildren of Gene Stratton Porter, recently informed the DNR about their desire to move the bodies of Stratton Porter and Meehan back to the Gene Stratton-Porter State Historic Site for reburial.
Gross said the Meehans have made the arrangements to pay all expenses associated with the reburial and have indicated a strong desire to complete the reburial before May 1, 1999. At that time, they will be coming with their families for the dedication of the new visitor center (to which they were major contributors). Gross said the Division of Museum and Historic Sites has obtained all required local and state approvals, with final approval by NRC, for the reburial. Gross recommended approval of the permit for reburial.
Jerry Miller moved to approve the permit for reburial of Gene Stratton Porter and her daughter, Jeannette Porter Meehan. The motion was seconded by Damian Schmelz. Upon a voice vote, the motion carried.
Consideration of Permit Authorizing the Reburial of Gene Stratton Porter and Her Only Daughter, Jeannette-Porter Meehan, on the Grounds of the Gene Stratton Porter State Historic Site
Tom Gross, Division of Museum and Historic Sites, presented this item. He said Gene Stratton Porter was a well-read author and a naturalist from Noble County. She eventually moved to Hollywood, California to start her own production company. Stratton Porter was killed in an automobile accident and buried in California.
Gross said Stratton Porter had expressed the desire to be buried on the grounds of her home in Nobel County, Indiana. The Gene Stratton-Porter Memorial Association acquired Stratton Porter's Nobel County home from her only daughter, Jeannette Porter Meehan (which became known as the Gene Stratton Porter State Historic Site) and conveyed the property to the Indiana Department of Conservation in 1947. The option for the purchase stipulated that Stratton Porter's body be moved from California and reinterred at her Nobel County property. The reburial did not take place during Jeannette Porter Meehan's lifetime. John and Jim Meehan, the only grandchildren of Gene Stratton Porter, recently informed the DNR about their desire to move the bodies of Stratton Porter and Meehan back to the Gene Stratton-Porter State Historic Site for reburial.
Gross said the Meehans have made the arrangements to pay all expenses associated with the reburial and have indicated a strong desire to complete the reburial before May 1, 1999. At that time, they will be coming with their families for the dedication of the new visitor center (to which they were major contributors). Gross said the Division of Museum and Historic Sites has obtained all required local and state approvals, with final approval by NRC, for the reburial. Gross recommended approval of the permit for reburial.
Jerry Miller moved to approve the permit for reburial of Gene Stratton Porter and her daughter, Jeannette Porter Meehan. The motion was seconded by Damian Schmelz. Upon a voice vote, the motion carried.
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