This is a micro cache so no room for any swag. Bring your own writing implement.
A medium-sized cemetery in Ontario County. No night caching please. Do not upset or disturb any markers or headstones. You do not need to move or touch any of them to collect the information needed. Gentle respect for the occupants is expected. Please don't bring animals or allow small children to run about. If you have your children with you, by all means have them help collect the information you need and use this as a learning experience for them about proper cemetery behavior.
Here is a cemetery cache with a little work involved. You have to locate certain headstones and use the dates to calculate the final cache location. When you have a date such as 1/1/2016 add the zero in the day field to yield the needed number (e.g. 1012016).
Find the following stones and make note of the dates of death listed. This first grouping is across the street from the church and all markers are within 75 feet of the flagpole.
Find the obelisk 5 feet north of the flagpole. Use the name that faces east
Go west from here to the tall grey obelisk. Find the third son of a farmer.
Go west again and find the man who was “the beloved physician for 50 years”
Sum up the dates and subtract 20058333 to determine Latitude for the cache location
Continue west and find the WWII chaplain
Now go northeast and find the angel statue. To its left is a Navy vet from WWI
Continue east and find the couple with their marriage date listed. Use the marriage date
Sum up the dates and subtract 16814968 to determine Longitude for the cache location which is a short drive away (0.56 miles).
Please make sure you close the top tightly to keep things dry inside. You can validate your solution by clicking the icon below. Make sure you enter a space after “N” and “W” and after the degrees portions of the solution (your answer should look like N 99 99.999 W 99 99.999 including the spaces)
You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.