Old Mennonite Cemetery excavation to expand

Berne Tri-Weekly News:

Officials from the Indiana Department of Transportation have indicated that there is good reason to believe that there could be a few graves from the Old Berne Cemetery located along the west side of U.S. 27, near the east part of the South Adams School property. As a result, archeologists working for INDOT will be scanning next week to verify the possibility. “Over the winter we found much better records about the exact location of graves,” said Susan Dole, spokesperson for INDOT. “We feel now that there is at least a reasonable possibility that the old cemetery does extend to the other side of U.S. 27. “When we do our project, we’re going to be doing sewer work over there, also, so if there are graves there, they need to be excavated,” continued Dole....