After 17 years founders’ cemetery finally gets deserved recognition

Northbrook Historical Society president Judy Hughes reads inscriptiAux PlaCemetery's marker Deerfield Northbrook AreHistorical Society members. |

Northbrook Historical Society president Judy Hughes reads the inscription of the Aux Plain Cemetery's marker to Deerfield and Northbrook Area Historical Society members. | Michelle LaVigne~Sun-Times Media

NORTHBROOK Sunday Feb 10 2013 Northbrook Historical Society board member Dan Kaye stands site Aux PlaCemetery during it's excavation. |

NORTHBROOK Sunday Feb 10 2013 Northbrook Historical Society board member Dan Kaye stands on the site of the Aux Plain Cemetery during it's excavation. | Photo courtesy of Dan Kaye ~ for the Sun-Times Media

Northbrook Historical Society president Judy Hughes receives some applause after reading inscriptiAux PlaCemetery's marker Deerfield Northbrook AreHistorical Society members.

Northbrook Historical Society president Judy Hughes receives some applause after reading the inscription of the Aux Plain Cemetery's marker to Deerfield and Northbrook Area Historical Society members. | Michelle LaVigne~Sun-Times Media

Northbrook Deerfield AreHistorical Society members view Aux PlaCemetery's historical marker site where about 150 pioneer families who established

Northbrook and Deerfield Area Historical Society members view the Aux Plain Cemetery's historical marker, on the site where about 150 of the pioneer families who established Northbrook and Deerfield were buried. | Michelle LaVigne~Sun-Times Media

NORTHBROOK Sunday Feb 10 2013 Susan Schinleber takes phoher husbRstanding with his cousPam Weber who is also Schinleber. The marker

NORTHBROOK Sunday Feb 10 2013 Susan Schinleber takes a photo of her husband Ron, standing with his cousin Pam Weber, who is also a Schinleber. The marker placed at the site of the Aux Plain Cemetery marks the final resting place for pioneer families who established Northbrook and Deerfield, including the Schinleber family. | Michelle LaVigne~Sun-Times Media

RSusan Schinleber check out marker placed site Aux PlaCemetery which was final resting place for pioneer families who established Northbrook

Ron and Susan Schinleber check out the marker placed at the site of the Aux Plain Cemetery, which was the final resting place for pioneer families who established Northbrook and Deerfield, including the Schinleber family. | Michelle LaVigne~Sun-Times Medi

RSchineleber his cousPam her husbPaul Weber Ron's wife Susan look phowhen Aux PlaCemetery was excavated. The cemetery is where several

Ron Schineleber, his cousin Pam and her husband Paul Weber and Ron's wife Susan, look at a photo of when the Aux Plain Cemetery was excavated. The cemetery is where several of the pioneer families who established Northbrook and Deerfield were buried, whic

NORTHBROOK Saturday Feb 9 2013 The Aux PlaCemetery was final resting place for pioneer families who established Northbrook Deerfield. After

NORTHBROOK Saturday Feb 9 2013 The Aux Plain Cemetery was the final resting place for pioneer families who established Northbrook and Deerfield. After about 17 years of effort, the plot that holds about 150 bodies has had a marker placed at its site. | Michelle LaVigne~Sun-Times Media

NORTHBROOK — The Aux Plain Cemetery, the resting place of as many as 150 Northbrook and Deerfield pioneers, finally has a marker recognizing its existence. Seventeen years have passed since Helen Sclair and Marolyn Allsbrow worked together to save what was left of the Aux Plain Cemetery. … Read More