Jim's Final Resting Place

[OverUnderAround]

In the past I read here at MC that Jim was cremated and his ashes spread over some ranch the family owns out in the southwest. But the news article below says he is buried in a cemetery in New York. Both can't be right and wrong?

"...People have asked for spaces near Malcolm X at Ferncliff Cemetery in Westchester County, N.Y., but none are available.

That cemetery has many famous people buried in it -- including Judy Garland, Jim Henson, Ed Sullivan, Christopher Reeves, Paul Robeson, Jam Master Jay and Joan Crawford -- but sales representative Joe Bivona said it cannot charge a premium for proximity to the famous: The state won't allow it. New York is the only state in the nation with a board regulating prices."

Web link to story: http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060304/NEWS05/603040342/1007


Also an online search of the Ferncliff Cemetery shows that Jim was cremated there.
http://www.ferncliffcemetery.com/celeb_2.htm

I don't think the cemetary would list his name at all if he didn't reside there.
Perhaps his ashes lie in a mausoleum.
Or perhaps they where then moved and spread over a ranch in the Southwest, if that story is true.

 

[JJandJanice]

Wherever Jim is resting at, as long as he is resting in peace. We all here maybe hardcore fans of Jim Henson, but the truth is it is nobodies bussiness where Jim's final resting spot, besides Jim's family. Like I already said "as long as he's resting in peace", that's what important, not so much where he's resting. That's just the way one person thinks though.

 

[mikebennidict]

Go to this site.

http://www.findagrave.com/ and type up his name. it should say.

 

[OverUnderAround]

Wherever Jim is resting at, as long as he is resting in peace. We all here maybe hardcore fans of Jim Henson, but the truth is it is nobodies bussiness where Jim's final resting spot, besides Jim's family. Like I already said "as long as he's resting in peace", that's what important, not so much where he's resting. That's just the way one person thinks though.

Oh I agree. For adoring fans (regardless of who the celebrity is) they feel better knowing where someone they cared for ended up in life.

Also many famous tombs are visited respectfully by fans around the country and leave flowers.
Forrest Lawn in Los Angeles pehaps being the most famous.

I'm sure our own Fozzie Bear can tell stories he's heard of Elvis' tomb at Graceland.

Find-A-Grave (as Mike Bennidict mentions) is a great site. It gives a short bio of a performer and shows their picture in life and a picture of their headstone (when it's available).
Here's one of John Wayne,
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1079

On Jim's site at Find-a-Grave,
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=2210
fan's can leave a memorial note on the web site expressing their thoughts and feelings of what Jim meant to them. Some are quite touching.

 

[JJandJanice]

Oh I agree. For adoring fans (regardless of who the celebrity is) they feel better knowing where someone they cared for ended up in life.

Also many famous tombs are visited respectfully by fans around the country and leave flowers.
Forrest Lawn in Los Angeles pehaps being the most famous.http://

Yeah I can agree with you on that. I'm a huge Jim Henson myself. If you speak to anyone that knows me and see my Jim Henson collection, that can tell you what I mean. But maybe due to the fact that I was only five when he passed away, I guess I never really thought about where he's resting place. But I do still get teared up whenever I see the Muppets signing "Just one person" and Kermit comes in during the middle of the song, never fails to bring a tear to my eye.

But at the same time, for me it's also like when I hear people talk about things like "where is this person's final resting place" or "where does this person live" they act like they have the right to know. I'm not saying that's you were thinking OverUnderRound. I really do think that people need to know that it is not your right to know.

All in all, for I'll never forget the wonderful memories Jim has left over the years, as I'm sure none of us will. And the greatest thing about is even though it's been 16 years since he's death, he still making new memories for younger people or people just getting into it. I have a cousin that I wacth older Muppet Movies and the frist season of the Muppet show. This same cousin and little brother of mine would also wacth the Cookie Monster Best Bites DVD and I'm there wacthing it right with them. I'm 20, going to be 21 in April and I can still enjoy this Muppets like I was still five. It's good times

Sorry for that I know I probably typed too much.

 

[ReneeLouvier]

If somebody has created a tombstone for Jim, it might just be because some people like to pay respects to something that is tangible and accessible. Because if someone said, "We scattered his ashes over our land." That would be private property and no one could feel they could get close to him. But if they said "He's buried in here. In this grave." It's tangible, you can see it, and you can look at it. For some people it just comforts them.

I believe someone paid some good money to have a tombstone and place erected for Jim, for those people who would like something tangible. I consider it quite sweet in fact.

But...that's just my opinion.