CHAMOIS — The first annual Friends of Chamois Cemeteries Cemetery Walk will bring six local histories to life Saturday, Oct. 3, with guided tours at 1, 2, and 3 p.m.

Visitors should park at the Catholic church parking lot, where hayrides will shuttle them to the cemetery. In a Facebook post, organizers asked visitors to be at the cemetery by noon. Hot food, desserts, espresso, fancy lemonades, raffle tickets, and tombstone florals will be available, along with bathrooms. The event flyer lists a $15 donation. Sunday, Oct. 4, is the rain date.

The walk will honor Jerry Berry, Norbert Boss, the Hutchison family, Frank and Dorothy Schollmeyer, Frank Stonner, and Fredericka Sundermeyer. Relatives will tell most of their stories.

Berry, Osage County’s last Union soldier, is buried in the Black Cemetery. Craig Haugen of Sons of the Union will tell his story. The program welcomes back members of a Prince Hall Masonic lodge who attended a recent memorial dedication for Berry.

Mark Holzem will tell the story of his great-uncle Norbert Boss, a Chamois native who was drafted at 18 and served during World War II. According to the program, Boss survived three days in the Pacific after his ship was torpedoed before drowning.

The Hutchison family’s story spans five generations buried in a recently restored family plot. Jennie Hutchison came from Tennessee, and her son, P.L. Hutchison, later became a contractor for the high school and mayor of Chamois. P.L.’s wife, Kate, died after the couple had eight children. Jennie’s great-great-granddaughter, Anita Doering, and Friends of Chamois Cemeteries President Michael J. Nolte will tell the family’s story.

Allen and Fred Schollmeyer will speak about their great-grandparents, Frank and Dorothy Schollmeyer. The couple arrived from Germany on separate ships, married in 1883, and bought land in Chamois. They had 11 children and, according to the program, gave $2,000 in seed money toward construction of the Catholic church.

Paul Stonner will tell the story of his great-uncle Frank Stonner, one of the Stonner brothers who deeded much of the land for the cemeteries. Four generations of the family are buried in the Stonner Cemetery. As president of the University of Missouri Board of Curators, Frank cast the deciding vote on whether to locate the university’s new hospital in Kansas City or Columbia, according to the program.

Susan Sundermeyer will tell the story of her great-grandmother Fredericka Sundermeyer, the firstborn child of a German immigrant family. Fredericka married Herman Sundermeyer, a widower with seven children, and the couple had six more. She died at 86, having outlived Herman and eight of the 13 children she raised.

The walk also offers visitors a look at the work of Friends of Chamois Cemeteries. Formed about a year ago, the group reports that it has created a drone map of graves on the hill, righted more than 100 tombstones, discovered more than 200 previously hidden burials, and taken on management of the cemeteries. Its work has also included fencing, stone steps, road signs, gravel, landscaping, brush removal, and six memorial benches.