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Cemetery Sleuth, Case #17 Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

-Rusty-: As there's been no cache to find for months, I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the future, just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.

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Hidden : 11/1/2010
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   not chosen (not chosen)

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Geocache Description:


Cemetery Sleuth, Case #17 - Missing at St. Thomas
The cache is not at the posted coordinates, but it's nearby.

The posted coordinates will bring you to the entrance of the St. Thomas Lutheran Church Cemetery in Freedom Township. Once there, find the exact spot where the photograph below was taken. Then identify which gravestone is missing from the picture and use the information found on that stone to complete the final coordinates for the cache.

The cache is not located on or connected to any grave site or marker. Please be respectful of the church and cemetery grounds as well as the state's dawn-to-dusk rule. Honoring mourners' privacy ranks higher in priority than getting that smiley, so if it appears that the churchyard and/or cemetery are busy, please come back another day.


 
 
If you are caching paperless, don't forget to take this photo with you.

 

Solve for N 42° A.BC, W 83° D.EF, where:

A = C's age at A's birth plus the last digit of A's year of death
B = First digit in A's age at death
C = C's age at death plus the last digit of his year of birth
D = C's age at A's death plus the sum of the digits of A's day of death
E = Sum of the two verses referenced under A's date of death
F = Number of letters in the family surname


Congratulations to HelloLola on her FTF!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Jngpu lbhe fgrc... zvtug or gevpxvre va jvagre guna va fhzzre. Erzrzore gb orne gur zbaguf va zvaq jura pnyphyngvat ntr. Cnfgbe Fpuhygm vf n irel avpr sryybj naq vf unccl gb gnyx nobhg gur uvfgbel bs uvf przrgrel. Or fher abg gb zvff gur beangryl ratenirq byqre fgbarf!

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)