Frances Mautner Markhof

In memory of our dearly departed

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Dear family!

Some of us visit them weekly, some once a year, some never – the places where our (great-)grandparents, uncles and aunts, parents, husbands and wives or even siblings and perhaps even children have found their final resting place. No matter how often we take the time to do so, they are and remain special places and require our attention. When we stand in front of them, we remember the deceased, pause in silence, enjoy the flowers, light a candle. We look at the inscriptions, admire the artistic gravestones and ornaments and occasionally decorate them with a wreath – each for ourselves and yet also for everyone.

Just as we are happy to see our resting places in pristine condition, we find it a nuisance when they are neglected, unkempt or damaged. For this reason, some family members have taken the initiative and founded the association.

Everyone we are addressing with this association is not only connected to these graves through ancestors or close relatives, but also emotionally. The association is therefore open to all family members and aims to unite our efforts for these places of remembrance of our beloved deceased. It will therefore not only focus its activities on the care and preservation of the graves, but – we hope – also serve to bring our family members together.

If we all pull together, I am sure that we will succeed in maintaining and caring for all these wonderful resting places so that we and future generations can always enjoy them.

Frances Mautner Markhof
Chairperson MMFG

 

Written by Frances Mautner Markhof

Frances Mautner Markhof

Association for the preservation of the Mautner Markhof family graves

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On behalf of the Board of Directors, we are pleased to announce that the Association for the Preservation of the Mautner Markhof Family Graves was founded on 25 April 2013. This association is intended to ensure a dignified commemoration of our dearly departed family members and ancestors and to create a common basis for the preservation of the historically valuable graves of the Mautner Markhof family. The rights to use these graves were transferred to the association.

From now on, the association will take care of the maintenance, administration and renovation of the graves at Vienna Central Cemetery, Stammersdorf Cemetery and Hietzing Cemetery, with all functions being carried out on a voluntary basis. The associated costs have been borne by a few branches of the family since the beginning. After the dissolution of Mautner Markhof’sche Nahrungs- und Genussmittelbeteiligungs-AG, all grave care tasks were carried out by individual family members. In future, these tasks are to be placed on a broader family basis, involving the next two generations in particular. The association needs active support for this.

Our common roots unite us all, just as the work of the association affects us all and serves us all. It is up to us and our descendants to ensure the preservation of the family graves and to look after the graves of our dearly departed.

The Executive Board has set an annual membership fee of € 120 per person. Membership is considered to have been granted upon payment of the membership fee and submission of the declaration of membership. Parents are free to pay the membership fee for their underage children. Any additional donations are very welcome.

We hope for the support of many family members and thank you on behalf of the Board of Directors.

Frances Mautner Markhof
Chairperson MMFG

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Heinrich II Mautner Markhof
Deputy Chairperson

 

Written by Frances Mautner Markhof