Flower thief in Parham cemetery

Jeff Green | Oct 19, 2016

Parham's Della Atwood was surprised earlier this week when she went to the Parham cemetery to visit the graves of family members.

While the artificial flower arrangements that she had purchased in Verona to decorate the graves of two of her relatives were intact, the ones on the tombstones of her husband and in-laws were gone.

“I bought them in the spring. I thought they were a nice addition and would last a couple of years. I put them in place on Mother’s Day and was about to remove them for the winter, when I saw last weekend that two of them are gone.”

Atwood is unhappy about what has happened, and although she does not think anything will come of it she said she wants to send a message to the person or persons who took the flowers.

“How low can you go?” she said in a letter she submitted to the News. “Stealing from the dead? Would you please put them back where you stole them from.”

She also told the News that she is not likely to buy new arrangements if these are not returned.

“The whole thing is discouraging. It bothers me,” she said.

The arrangements that Atwood placed on two other sites have not been touched and remain in perfect condition. For information, contact Della Atwood at 613-375-8240