On Saturday, May 27, the Eureka Springs Abendschone Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution paid tribute at the Eureka Springs Cemetery to mark the graves of interred past chapter members. Patriotic floral arrangements and flags (with NSDAR logos) were placed next to the graves of Ruth Fuller Cross, her mother May Obenshain Fuller, Dorothy Fuller Mathews and long-standing member Fanny Henderson Russ. The Abendschone Chapter was organized Dec. 5, 1951, and named after Cross’ ancestor, Reinhold Abendschone. Also honored were five interred members at Holiday Island Community Church Memorial Garden — Janice Mills, Virginia Wicks, Cleo Roster, Nancy Naas and Ginger Malmstrom.

Nancy Harris (left) and Terri Herman, members of the Daughters of the American Revolution Abendschone Chapter, stand next to the grave of Ruth Fuller Cross and her husband, John S. Cross, on Saturday, May 27. The chapter paid tribute to former chapter members by placing patriotic floral arrangements and flags with NSDAR logos at their gravesites. The Abendschone Chapter was organized Dec. 5, 1951, and named after Ruth Fuller Cross’ ancestor, Reinhold Abendschone.