On Saturday, August 29, 2009, The Cowell Homeowners Association Board of Directors hosted a ceremony to dedicate the Smokestack Memorial, with Concord’s Mayor Hoffmeister on hand to cut the ceremonial ribbon.
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The Smokestack demolition occurred very quickly, but the work on the memorial has been progressing at a much slower speed. Mr. Larkins has been sending me memorial pictures all summer, and I finally published them on Cowell Historical Society site: http://cowellhistoricalsociety.org/html/memorial.html Here is a picture of Jim Kikker and Tillie Larkins getting their souvenir bricks [...] Work on the new smokestack monument continues. The demolition is complete for all intents and purposes. What remains will become the monument. You can see that the floor has been filled in and tamped down. A floor of bricks will be laid and a pedestal with a plaque will be included. The gravel roadbed will be removed and the landscaping will be [...] Serena, we’ve only seen you once since you were a Girl Scout, and that was also a time of tragedy. But we were struck with what a lovely young woman you had become, intelligent, poised, and articulate. You did not deserve the evil that took your life, and we are heartbroken. Jack Davies Pastor, Friend, Child of God Rest in Peace |
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