Name: Cemeteries: Kite's Eye Views
Start: 2026-05-02T14:00:00-05:00
Location: FCHS Archives & Research Center, 2011 E Logan St, Otttawa, KS 66067

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Kite-aerial photography provides unique bird's-eye views of cemeteries with respectful, silent operation. It's especially useful for identifying cemetery burial patterns and unmarked graves. Jim and Susie Aber will show examples of modern, pioneer, and prehistoric cemeteries from the United States, Canada, and Denmark.
Susan E.W. Aber is a Halstead, Kansas native, and James S. Aber was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. Since meeting as students at the University of Kansas and marrying, they have resided most of their adult years in Emporia, Kansas. James received a Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Kansas, and he is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Emporia State University. His wide-ranging international experiences include northern and central Europe, North and South America involving glaciation, wetlands, tectonics, and remote sensing. Susan received her Ph.D. in Library and Information Management from Emporia State University, and she is faculty emerita at San José State University, California. She has international experience across Europe, southeastern Asia and North America with expertise in mineralogy, gemstones, and maps and GIS for librarians. Both have conducted considerable research about and published on Kansas geology, wetlands, paleontology, and wind energy. They are partners for kite aerial photography.
Image from Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Florence, Kansas, by James and Susan Aber: http://www.geospectra.net/kite/calvary/calvary.htm