Blessed are the

Pure in heart, for

They shall see God.

                             Matt.

JENNIE L.
1873 – 1927

HANSON

The white marble monument marking the grave of Jennie L. Hanson in the Wyuka Cemetery in Lincoln, Nebraska, depicts an angel leaning against a pilar.  Billowing clouds surround the haloed angel holding a ribbon with the words, “PAX”, Latin for “PEACE.”

When we see a winged figure in a cemetery, we instantly recognize it as an angel–a messenger of God.  However, Christian art did not depict angels with wings until the fourth century.  Before then, angels were represented in several different forms–sometimes in human form, but also represented as a doves, or even just as a hand reaching down to Earth from the Heavens.  Beginning with the reign of Constantine, angels began being depicted with wings, as this angel is portrayed.