MEMORIES ARE FOREVER INC

SUMNER, IA

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MEMORIES ARE FOREVER INC is a business located in Sumner, Iowa that specializes in creating personalized memorial items such as headstones, plaques, and urns. The business was founded in 1999 and has since been owned and operated by the same family.

The staff at MEMORIES ARE FOREVER INC are highly skilled and experienced in their craft, and they take great pride in creating beautiful and unique memorial items for their clients. They work closely with each client to ensure that the final product is exactly what they envisioned, and they use only the highest quality materials to ensure that the item will last for generations.

In addition to creating personalized memorial items, MEMORIES ARE FOREVER INC also offers a range of other services such as cemetery lettering and cleaning, as well as monument restoration and repair. They are committed to providing their clients with exceptional service and are known for their attention to detail and their dedication to their craft.

Overall, MEMORIES ARE FOREVER INC is a highly respected and trusted business in the Sumner, Iowa community, and their personalized memorial items are cherished by families throughout the region.

MEMORIES ARE FOREVER INC is a Uncategorized or General Museum in SUMNER IA. US MID #8401900489

The museum is classed as GMU (Uncategorized or General Museums). It comes under American Alliance of Museums (AAM) region: Midwest (Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin).

Oelwein Rail This looks north over Oelwein.
The Chicago Great Western railway used to go to Chicago via the lower right, Kansas City bottom next, and Minneapolis out the top left. Much of the CGW yards are still active today

Rock Island 652 and 630, Railroad Days, Oelwein, IA Last weekend the Manly Junction Railroad Museum’s two former Rock Island E units, E6A No. 630 and E8A No. 652, made their first public appearance since completion of a cosmetic and partial mechanical restoration by Kansas City’s Mid-America Car earlier in 2017.

Iowa Northern’s Oelwein turn brought the two E units to Oelwein from Waterloo, Iowa, on Aug. 18, for public display and a night photo shoot at the Hub City Heritage Corporation Railway Museum in Oelwein. Both units have been repainted in the Rock Island’s simplified 1960s-era red and silver paint scheme. Manly Junction Railroad Museum President Dan Sabin, who’s also president of Iowa Northern and once worked for the Rock Island, made the units available for the event.

Both locomotives once pulled Rock Island's famed Rocket streamliners, and are the last remaining Rock Island E units. EMD built No. 630 in 1941, one of five E6As the railroad purchased. Today it’s one of only a few remaining slant-nosed E units. It pulled long-distance passenger trains for decades before ending its Rock Island career on Chicago commuter trains.

No. 652 was one of 13 E8As purchased by the Rock Island in 1951. In 1976, it received a red, white, and blue paint scheme by Chicago’s 20th Century Railroad Club for the United States' bicentennial. In that scheme, it led Peoria and Quad Cities Rockets until the end of Rock Island passenger service in 1978. Nos. 630 and 652 returned to passenger service for about a decade on the 20-mile Midland Railway at Baldwin City, Kan. They were sold to the Manly Junction Museum in 2009.

While the two E units are not yet operational, Sabin hopes to restore them to operation and to move them to Manly where he says they will become major attractions at the museum.

Rock Island 652 and 630, Railroad Days, Oelwein, IA No. 652 was one of 13 E8As purchased by the Rock Island in 1951. In 1976, it received a red, white, and blue paint scheme by Chicago’s 20th Century Railroad Club for the United States' bicentennial.

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telephone: 5635785778

MEMORIES ARE FOREVER INC
PO BOX 266
SUMNER
IA
50674-0266

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MID #	8401900489
Name	MEMORIES ARE FOREVER INC
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Classification	Uncategorized or General Museums, , Midwest
Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN)	421377097
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INCOME	0
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LAT/LONG	42.849381, -92.116121
CODES	FIPS State Code: 19 FIPS County Code: 017 US Census Tract: 004700 US Census Block: 1028