Glenwood Cemetery

Siver, 85, of 19506 Evans Road, Dexter, passed away peacefully at her home on March 12, 2019.She was born on December 10, 1933 in Henderson, NY, daughter of Timothy and Anna M. (Mitchell) Shannon.  Rita graduated from Sackets Harbor High School in 1951.  She then married Robert M. Siver on October 2, 1954 at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church and the couple resided in Brownville. She worked many summers as a telephone operator at Camp Drum and then became the secretary for Immaculate Conception where she served the parish for several years.  Mr. Siver was a self employed contractor in the local area.She and her husband square danced for over twenty years, she enjoyed clogging and belonged to the Country Classic Cloggers, she enjoyed knitting and loved spending time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren.Among her survivors are her beloved and devoted husband of 64 years, Robert M. Siver, her seven loving children and their spouses, Debra Jenness, Dexter, Robert and Debra Siver Jr., Watertown, Mark and Elizabeth Siver, NC, Kimberley and Merton Irey, Brownville, Daniel and Laure Siver, Chaumont, Wayne and Mary Siver, NC, Christopher and Amber Siver, Pamelia, 20 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.Besides her parents, a son-in-law James Jenness, a great grandson Timothy Daniel Queior, four sisters, Teresa Alton, Rosemary Jackson, Marguerite “Peg” Lange, Helen Scee, and her twin brothers Lyle and Lloyd Shannon all passed before her.Arrangements are with the Hart & Bruce Funeral Home.Calling hours will be held at the Siver family home on Evans Road in Dexter from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday March 15.A Funeral Mass will be said 11 a.m. Saturday, March 16 at Immaculate Conception Church with Rev. Michael Gaffney, Pastor and Rev. Douglas Comstock officiating.Burial will follow in Glenwood Cemetery.Donations may be made to the National Kidney Foundation 731 James St., Suite 408, Syracuse, NY 13203.Online condolences may be made at www.ha...

Haunting even as epitaphs go, this one adorns just one of the thousands of grave markers at Glenwood Cemetery, which yawns from Buffalo Bayou to Washington Avenue. The roughly 85 acres of greenery, hills, ravines, marble, and stone feel transplanted from a bygone era. Its origins date to 1871, when the designation “rural cemetery” made more sense; hard to say what Glenwood’s founders would have made of the postcard-perfect vistas of the gleaming downtown skyline it offers today. The main entrance is marked by two modest obelisks flanking the driveway, each bearing only the word “Glenwood” and the address. Fittingly enough, this history-shy city’s arguably most historic locale does not seem to seek any undue attention. “The people who have been in here love it,” relates Jim Parsons, programs director for Preservation Houston. “People who have never been in [Glenwood] are always surprised that it’s here, because they don’t even think that this exists.” More Information FIVE UNSUNG GLENWOOD RESIDENTSAs told by Preservation Houston’s Jim ParsonsBelle Sherman KendallHer dad was Sidney Sherman, who said ‘Remember the Alamo!’ during the Texas Revolution. There was a library in town but it was a private library, and they wouldn’t allow women to be members. A group of women got together and fought for membership and became members, but it wasn’t an ideal situation. Belle was the president of the Women’s Club of Houston, and she decided that there needed to be a better library that was open to everybody. She wrote to...