Rose Martin is buried in her beloved 1962 Corvair

Item Information

Title:
Rose Martin is buried in her beloved 1962 Corvair
Description:
From a series of images culled by Borchers for a slideshow of her work. Camera caption: "Rose Martin, a beloved figure in the Tiverton community, will be buried in her car. It has been her lifelong wish to buried in her 1962 Corvair. The funeral Mass is at 10 a.m. at the Holy Ghost Church in North Tiverton. The burial will be immediately afterward, about 11 a.m., in the Pocasset Hill Cemetery. After the car is lifted into the ground as Ron Helger, left, and his father Ron Helger remove the heavy canvas straps that helped lift the car. They are with R. Helger Landscaping."
Date:
May 7, 1998
Format:
Photographs
Manuscripts
Genre:
Color photographs
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 001 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Kathy Borchers Photojournalism Collection
Subjects:
Martin, Rose--Death and burial--Photographs
Cemeteries--Rhode Island--Tiverton--Photographs
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Rhode Island--Tiverton--Photographs
Helger, Ron
Places:
Rhode Island > Newport (county) > Tiverton
Extent:
1 photograph ; 35 mm.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/muph083-b03-f22-dvd-i142
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Tiverton (R.I.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
muph083-b03-f22-dvd-i142