Edgar Cemetery "Pearly Gates" reinstalled
In April 2023, an Edgar City employee accidentally ran into the old cemetery limestone archway with a boom truck and the solid rock toppled to the cemetery floor. After much consideration, masons were secured and the gate rebuilt. City personnel painted it pearly white with black lettering.
"The pearly gates are what some people believe that after they die, they go through them and enter heaven," said Chris Shuck, clerk-treasurer at the Edgar City Office. The pearly gate she speaks of is the white archway located at Edgar Cemetery entrance. The gate, that has welcomed many for more than a century, was in peril, needing a resurrection of its own.
The gateway had endured slight bumps by incoming cars and the furies of Nebraska storms for the past 115 years. In April 2023, a misfortunate accident caused damage to the archway. While arriving to do some utility work, a city employee a...
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