Berge Saunders was a true "Conch". His family came from the Bahamas originally (both parents born there) and settled in the Keys. His birth name was Birchland, but in the tradition of many Conchs, he went by his nickname Berge. He mostly was a fisherman. In his later years, he went blind. His death certificate in 1970 lists him as buried in Miami Memorial Park Cemetery, and we visited the grave around Christmas 2011.
NOTE TO FIND THE SITE: When we entered the cemetery through the stone gates, we took an immediate left, went past the office/gate entry, the Sunrise Mausoleums and the first right after the Mausoleums is what we took. We went about midway down and were told Berge's site was just past a small hedgebush line that split Section A from Section B. It turned out that the short hedge was only on the right hand site, but Berge was on the left side. He was only about four rows off the small paved access road. Juan Romero's gravesite is on the left of Berge's, a cross. Other taller stones in the area are the Fuller-Fasse stone, the Monroe stone near some shrubs is about 20-25 feet farther off the road and the Westman stone is about 10 feet away between two medium sized trees. This is a huge cemetery and there were warnings everywhere to lock your doors because of breakins.
NOTE TO FIND THE SITE: When we entered the cemetery through the stone gates, we took an immediate left, went past the office/gate entry, the Sunrise Mausoleums and the first right after the Mausoleums is what we took. We went about midway down and were told Berge's site was just past a small hedgebush line that split Section A from Section B. It turned out that the short hedge was only on the right hand site, but Berge was on the left side. He was only about four rows off the small paved access road. Juan Romero's gravesite is on the left of Berge's, a cross. Other taller stones in the area are the Fuller-Fasse stone, the Monroe stone near some shrubs is about 20-25 feet farther off the road and the Westman stone is about 10 feet away between two medium sized trees. This is a huge cemetery and there were warnings everywhere to lock your doors because of breakins.
Berge Saunders was a true "Conch". His family came from the Bahamas originally (both parents born there) and settled in the Keys. His birth name was Birchland, but in the tradition of many Conchs, he went by his nickname Berge. He mostly was a fisherman. In his later years, he went blind. His death certificate in 1970 lists him as buried in Miami Memorial Park Cemetery, and we visited the grave around Christmas 2011.
NOTE TO FIND THE SITE: When we entered the cemetery through the stone gates, we took an immediate left, went past the office/gate entry, the Sunrise Mausoleums and the first right after the Mausoleums is what we took. We went about midway down and were told Berge's site was just past a small hedgebush line that split Section A from Section B. It turned out that the short hedge was only on the right hand site, but Berge was on the left side. He was only about four rows off the small paved access road. Juan Romero's gravesite is on the left of Berge's, a cross. Other taller stones in the area are the Fuller-Fasse stone, the Monroe stone near some shrubs is about 20-25 feet farther off the road and the Westman stone is about 10 feet away between two medium sized trees. This is a huge cemetery and there were warnings everywhere to lock your doors because of breakins.
NOTE TO FIND THE SITE: When we entered the cemetery through the stone gates, we took an immediate left, went past the office/gate entry, the Sunrise Mausoleums and the first right after the Mausoleums is what we took. We went about midway down and were told Berge's site was just past a small hedgebush line that split Section A from Section B. It turned out that the short hedge was only on the right hand site, but Berge was on the left side. He was only about four rows off the small paved access road. Juan Romero's gravesite is on the left of Berge's, a cross. Other taller stones in the area are the Fuller-Fasse stone, the Monroe stone near some shrubs is about 20-25 feet farther off the road and the Westman stone is about 10 feet away between two medium sized trees. This is a huge cemetery and there were warnings everywhere to lock your doors because of breakins.
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