Intriguing 1896 CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM. Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, WI.
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In 1890, Forest Home Cemetery contracted with the architectural firm of Ferry and Clas to design a chapel for the cemetery for funeral and visitation purposes. This chapel, still in use, was unique in its floral conservatories on each side of the chapel for the display of funeral flowers, as well as a seasonal display of flowers. In 1896, Forest Home installed the first crematory in the Upper Midwest in the basement of the chapel with both a retort room and a family waiting room.
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The Angel face you see is the Haserot, named “The Angel of Death Victorious". The stoic angel is seated on the marble gravestone of canning entrepreneur Francis Haserot and his family. Holding an extinguished torch upside-down, it represents a symbol of life extinguished. Wings are outstretched and the gaze is straight ahead.
IN THE END, DEATH ALWAYS WINS. LEST THE FACES NOT BE FORGOTTEN...
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Most graves are unknown and lost to history.
Some are famous.
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@brendastibolt6672
Жыл бұрын
Another spot on story, Ron. This was so interesting & i really enjoyed this. Thank you again for doing all these stories & letting us see where you have been & what you saw. Much appreciation!
@user-sn1ft4dg8r
Жыл бұрын
Lovely chapel. Well told story. Thanks again Ron. Being an architect you must love seeing these places.
@audreyshinkle4214
Жыл бұрын
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@joeabbott7839
Жыл бұрын
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The creepiest part of cremation is that it doesn’t burn the whole body! I remember another video you made a while back. They have to cried up the remaining bones! Well, my husband got some of his fathers cremated remains and there was a piece of a bullet that his Dad had lodged next to his spine from WW2 . We actually thought it was very cool and Jon’s thinking of getting it made into a pendant in memory of his father. I think that’s cool!
@catherineschroeder2531
Жыл бұрын
Catherine, so sorry about your father in law, but I would do the same thing with the bullet. What a piece of history.
Your videos get better and better each time, the drone footage, the music, your guests, you are absolutely crushing it!
@Mcsteveberry
Жыл бұрын
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@mombradshaw5528
Жыл бұрын
Right! I never get tired of his stories. This man is definitely a historian at heart and knows how to tell a great story. I love listening to him!
@lisalewis5664
Жыл бұрын
I agree. Ron, you are me if I had the money and the time...LOL. I truly feel like I am right there with you, Ron. When you are going through old buildings, etc. with the history and the architecture and the realization that these were real people, it's like I forget where I am for a few moments. I was thinking as you descended the stairs to the crematory, that if I were able to take that tour, my husband would be bored to death, while my best friend and I would be so excited to just see the inner workings of history. One of my new favorite FOTF video tours! And they just keep getting better and better!
@joycebrackbill-henderly8311
Жыл бұрын
He's the best!
@janet1536
Жыл бұрын
I totally agree. Your videos are so well done, and with your drone expertise, you should work for the Military! Well done. ❤😊
Your attention to detail, knowledge and phenomenal storytelling are unrivaled, but it's your deep respect for the people that brings me back. You are one of those rare people that evoke immediate trust. You truly are a gift, Ron!
@H_H_____
5 ай бұрын
Wow. Very well said. Very true. I agree. 💯
LOVED the haunting organ music in the beginning. I think it actually sent a chill down my back, and that's only happened a handful of times.
@maverickhistorian6488
7 ай бұрын
My favourite piece, Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Bach. Isn't it simply sublime! 😍
I love the history and the way you present it. Thank you for a great walk through. 🇺🇲☮️☺️
That chapel is so beautiful
I've never seen green space done like that in a chapel before either, but I love it 😍 And holy cow, the detail on that stained glass above the pulpit!
My father was held in cold storage for almost 5 months when they could break ground on his grave up north Michigan. .broke my heart because I couldn't go to the burial because I was in labor with my son ; whose 19 years old TODAY
@theearthauger
Жыл бұрын
@ Nana of 7 Precious Gran. I know how heartbreaking that is. They put my Dad in a temporary mausoleum until the one he wanted was finished. Had to wait five or six years. Had to bury my Dad twice. How horrible is that. And the cemetery screwed everyone. It was not the Mausoleum my Dad paid for for him and my Mom. Tragic, should be a law against this. The one my Dad paid for is now where they have the funerals and do embalming. Unbelievable 😥 Also my parents were supposed to be in Air-conditioning and Heated. Everytime I called to see what was happening. They blamed one contractor after the other. God is watching. Thank you for sharing your story 👍 I'm sorry you went through that as well......
Ron, I can feel your excitement! Stunning architecture and history. The storage below along with the crematorium is spectacular 🎉 Forever in awe, truly remarkable ❤🌹💐
What a great tour of the chapel and crematorium Ron. Thanks to the gentleman for the guidance. Very cool to see the old technology and details of the structures. 👍 Thanks to the both of you.
So glad you showed us this Ron. Highlighting the work this guy does every day. Very interesting.❤
Thank you Forest Home for allowing us to see around your wonderful chapel and the disused crematorium- what history this place has seen. Ron - he is like a kid in a candy store, seeing all those different working parts in the crematorium and the architectural aspect of the chapel - love it. Would so much like to see more about this wonderful place when you visit in the summer Ron. Again thank you so much x
Okay, that was awesome....what history! What's really cool is the construction that went into so many old buildings and all the beautiful artwork in the walls and trim. People years ago took so much pride in what they did and it shows. I've been very fortunate to have been able to see (and feel) so many old structures as I was a policeman. That got me into many, many old places to explore for many different reasons! You are getting better and better all the time with your video productions Ron....you have the gift to make us feel like we are there with you. Thank you (again) for what you do.
@juaquiene7726
Жыл бұрын
I couldn't get over the texture and detail carved into that door. As you entered the little church. Nice close up of it! Thanks!😊
You work so hard for us, and we appreciate you!
Ron and Aaron, without a doubt the most interesting of your mausoleum Chapel and crematory tours. I’m retired, 45 years in funeral business and very much appreciate the history and preservation of these old buildings. I’ll try to look at the Blatz mausoleum too.
I’m not feeling the best today but I’m sure my mood will change watching another one of your fabulous videos. ❤️
This was fantastic! The chapel is so gorgeous -- all that light! Thank you for such an amazing tour.
Your videos are so good that time flies and when we least expect, they have already ended. Thank you, Ron!
Ron this video was so great, the history was so interesting, the chapel was so beautiful, the stained glass windows, and the place where the the trees and plants were, was awesome. The drone and beautiful music was amazing. But the waiting room was kind of gloomy, waiting for your loved one to get finished 😢 your guest was a very nice man, thank you both for this wonderful video ❤
That church is stunning! The wood construction on the ceiling is beautifully .... and the room off to the side that almost looks like an arboretum. So inviting! And the stained glass windows, WOW!! I could spend a day in there. They sure don't make things like they used to. The old crementorium is incredibly. I just love these kinds of videos!! This is amazing ... but anything you create always is!!!
The architecture of that Chapel is stunningly beautiful! As a plant lover, I really love the green houses that flank both sides of the chapel. The symbolism of the living plants in a funeral chapel is so lovely. I love your videos and especially how respectful you are to our dearly departed. ✌️💕
@marshabailey1121
Жыл бұрын
That is what really sets Ron apart.
Love the intro! This was a great one Ron. Thanks for letting us live vicariously through you.
This was incredible! And the music is perfect. The old sinks below are everything a Victorian would expect for style and usefulness. I really loved it. I also really relate to that time era. Thank you, Ron, for this outstanding video.
Very nice looking chapel! Love the plants on the side and it gave the inside so much light, not gloomy. Interesting the whole tour! Thank you Ron! I have decided I don’t want to be cremated. There is no way your ashes do not have a little bit of someone else’s ashes with yours or some of yours with the next person. When I raise to heaven I want my whole body together. lol 😂
Absolutely fascinating! Thanks, Ron, for doing this! Have a great Friday!
Thank you, Ron!! I love how you always refer to “us” just further showing us how much we mean to you. Yes… We are right there with you. This was an amazing, beautiful place. It’s wonderful it’s in its original state. So many families and their loved ones had to go through this pain. I’m so happy to have seen this today with you and our family we have herein your channel. Love from Ft Worth ❤
How beautiful and wonderfully loved. Can you imagine the 'creak' those gears would make being lowered down with a coffin? Not to mention waiting for your loved one to be cremated. That's a big nope for me. Love the detail. That's the corner office no one wants for sure! Beautiful job Ron. Thank you so much 😊 One more thing. Thanks to the 🎶 score 🎼 you played at the beginning. I've got a visual of Lon Chaney in his mask and cape in front of a dusty old organ 😊
I am from England and your videos are amazing and they just get better don't ever give up all the good you do
The certificate on the front of the retorts, the "sample" document was Diane L. Johnson, who was my best friend until and after she passed away. She has been buried with her ancestors in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. I was shocked to see her paperwork!!
@MrJeep75
8 ай бұрын
Last cremation in these
At least the bat was in the men’s bathroom hehe, I think bats are cool !the drone over the cemetery very nice and the music together. Was very interesting like always !thank you Ron
Gotta love ron trailblazing across the states given us a unique insight into amazing gravestone/yards this chapel/crematorium got some history behind it the flyover was boss thank's for sharing mate...
This was awesome and Interesting Ron ty for taking us along to see this building crematory and funeral place...amazing....💕💕..and loved the creepy music too went very well with this video .... beautiful chapel
Can you imagine being locked in the Chapel over night! 😮 It's beautiful and the tile floors and wooden doors are gorgeous..❤
Ron, your drone work is exceptional. Such beautiful shots at the beginning of this video! The interior of the Forest Home chapel, with all that wood, is amazing! "Intriguing" is the right word for this place!!!
Man they weren't kidding around when they built quality equipment and beautiful buildings back in the day were they!!Thank you for the awesome tour Forest Home Cemetery!Ron,you are the best videographer ever and Eeeeeeeeek,a bat!!!Lol
Very informative, I learned a lot of days gone by. Thank you Ron
Your productions never cease to disappoint. Incredible music and done footage. Can't imagine sitting for hours while your loved ones body burned. 😱 🙀 The true high light was the Frog 🐸 in the fancy sink in the Men's room. They want a nice place to hangout too! 😆 🤣 Thanks for the tour Ron. And also Garon! 🙏
Outstanding! Both of my nonagenarian parents have taken care of their wills and their desire to be cremated. 😢. It just seems so sad to me.
Thank you for showing us the inside of the chapel. Its breathtakingly beautiful!!
Wow, this place is beautiful, and I love your choice of music great job
Ron, you take us to the coolest places! (I should say hottest!). 🎉Crematoriums are so interesting. Your music is perfect for the occasion. Thanks again for yet another adventure!
Ron, gorgeous chapel and interesting video. Can't wait to see the Beer Baron masoulem in the Summer.
Thank you for the tour gentlemen
Hi Ron. What a story that was. The chapel and the crematorium. The place the family waited.That fly in with your drone was Spectacular !!! What a Great story. I love the stained glass windows. And the trap door, cold storage. The men's restroom with the bat 🦇 in the sink. The Beer Barons walk a bout. I've never seen anything like this. Thank you Ron for sharing a Great story. Awesome 👍
Waiting to see Dracula with that haunting music 🎶
@loftyskies123
Жыл бұрын
that was him in the sink lol
@omnbjo
Жыл бұрын
استغفر الله العظيم....... لا يجوز حرق الميت
@michellerene951
Жыл бұрын
@@loftyskies123 😂😂😂
@donnaanderson2683
Жыл бұрын
@@loftyskies123, that was awesome!!!!!
@michellerene951
Жыл бұрын
@@loftyskies123 I couldn't tell if it was dead. I had to ask Ron🥴🤣
That opening music is absolutely beautiful! That whole cemetery is just gorgeous as well. I love when a cemetery takes pride in making everything so perfect 💎
I got my history lesson for the day. How interesting. And beautiful. I never knew they did cremation in the 1800’s. I have been in old homes that had the counter weights on the windows. Thanks so much.
LOVE the opening music you have been using. My dad was cremated at Bohemian in December and interred at Abraham Lincoln Veterans. It was quite the experience. Thanks for another great video Ron - Kendra 🤍
Great tour of the beautiful chapel and crematory. Thank you Ron and the Forest Home Cemetery. Pam Miller
What a great video of the old cremation oven...and a great video of the Drone footage....thank you Forest Homes cemetery
A very beautiful old chapel and a fascinating history lesson. Thank you so much, Ron. I look forward to your summer visit.
Wow. This was incredible. What a beautiful place !!
I forget to thank the gentleman who gave you the wonderful tour! Love the bat in the sink! Now I have Bella Lugosi in my mind! 😅 Gorgeous sinks❤
Another great insight to a historic method of cremation. The church is just beautiful, just love the greenhouse sections on either side of the chapel. Thanks so much Ron for another great blog.
Loved this video. Its amazing how well kept the building is. Just loved the old original stained glass. The old original crematoriums were awesome to see. I love old buildings , stained glass and old furnishings.👍👍❤❤
That was amazing! Thank you Garin, I hope I spelled that right. Ron, another amazing episode, thanks for taking us along, I, for one would love to see the Beer Baron!!
Beautiful! Thank you for taking us along!
I love the music and the chapel is so beautiful.
Ohhhh wow ❤this is so beautiful,Ron this is so amazing.. it’s so awesome that you can take us with you to all of these beautiful places ❤this was a real treat.
Thank you Ron and Garin, thus building is beautiful
So beautiful and authentic chapel from the long ago past! So much original, it's so awesome! They knew how to make and construct beautiful architecture. That took a lot of man hours! Did he happen to say how long it took to build the whole thing?
Thank you for coming to my area! You did a great job with this video. All your videos are awesome, but I now have my favorite. Would love to see one for Holy Cross!
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Oh gosh that place is gorgeous.
I thoroughly enjoyed this, Ron. The building and interior was just breathtakingly beautiful. You have an eye for the fine details and I was quite happy you pointed things out, even the workmanship on the mechanical components was just outstanding to see. I love old wood and the glass windows just fascinated me. The doors and entree ways were painted a cheerful, rich yellow. That I especially loved, it added a welcoming element to this place. Will undoubtedly watch this again to enjoy all that detail and one of a kind craftsmanship. Would love a chance to see the beer barons' mausoleums if you can swing that later this year. Thanks again, Ron!
What a fabulous chapel!
My passion and what I was blessed enough to do and get paid for is interior plantscaping. Those plants in the chapel are very very pretty. This is a very fascinating place. Thank you so much for taking us along.☺
The chapel is gorgeous! The arial footage and the interior are beautiful.
I loved the old-fashioned church, and the tour can't wait for this summer with the beer barons.
Absolutely gorgeous! 😊
We just lost Mom about 8mo. ago and her funeral ran into several thousand dollars, thank God for burial ins., but I have no burial so in order to save my son a few thousand for my time, I've suggested cremation for me. So this is really fascinating for me to see. Thank you very much Ron!!
( sorry just jumping in on this post )I am right at this moment watching your video of your return to St Michael's at Boston...(I am in Australia) ... you pretty much summed up how I feel about cemeteries ..The stories, the lives.. otherwise forgotten So much love and thought goes into so many graves ( noting that most families may have loved and cared as much but couldn't afford to place such monuments up) only to have no-one look at them decades later... I really appreciate the work you do on telling these stories .
@ghoststarstalk
Жыл бұрын
I'm grateful someone else in the world has some insight into the subject and holds a certain reverence for such places.
Quite informative. I hope the modern ovens are not so depressing, as I will be ending up in one. Loved this whole adventure. Thanks, Ron. Blessings from Michigan.
Hope they can get that place restored amazing place!
Thank you,again.
Absolutely fascinating and beautiful. They have done a wonderful job taking care of everything. So clean and tidy. Thanks for another great video. ❤
Thanks so much for sharing this! The chapel is beautiful, inside and out. Love how you sneak in all the nooks and crannies. When you think about it, it's crazy how much went into building these furnaces. This cemetery looks huge. Very nice. Love the bat 🦇 😊
I grew up around there. That cemetery is beautiful but very haunted. Never go into at night.
That was great. Very interesting and informative. You don't disappoint. Thank you for all your hard work.
Thank you so much for sharing with us !!!
Thank you so much for sharing!!!
Beautiful. Totally heavenly
Beautiful. I love all the wood work and it so gothic and pretty. Almost something out of a old dracula movie. Beautiful
Wow that chapel!! I love churches, etc. And the door!! Very cool.
That was Awesome!! I was cringing when you were behind the burners, all I could think of was if there was asbestos in that plaster. I’m retired Fire and I think of all the hazards in old buildings. It was a wonderful video and I so enjoyed it. 😊
Thanks fantastic job sir take care 👌🏻👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻GOD bless you always n protect you always all the best 👍🏻👌🏻👍🏻👌🏻😍😍😍😍
I loved the music, so perfect and drew me right in. The chapel is so beautiful. I bet the stained glass is even more impressive in-person. I just couldn't get over that family waiting room though, marble yeah, but kind of weird. If it was me I'd want to wait in the chapel!! Very cool Ron thanks!
That was great to see that old building so beautiful inside Thanks Ron you did so great on this one love this story💕💕💕💕
Ron, you have become a master of cinema lead ins.
Thank you for the tour!
What a wonderful tour, thank you so much
You get too see all the cool places.. Thank you for sharing them with us..
Fantastic tour Ron specially seeing how funerals and cremations were conducted years ago,safe travels,take care,👋👋🙏🙏👍🇦🇺
That was a nice tour Ron. Thanks for taking us along. It was really interesting. Take care.
This was an amazing video 📹 👏. The chapel 💒 is gorgeous. What a very interesting place. I really enjoyed watching this ☺ 😊
Oh my Ron, what a great video! Do more of these, just love learning about this stuff!
Awesome ! Thank you for the tour .
This was amazing, loved it, so much history, so fascinating. Thank you for this Ron and Thank you Garen for the great tour.
I loved this tour. So cool to see.