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CORA WIFE OF JOSEPH F. LEMBERGER MAY 1, 1860 SEPT. 17, 1901 The tall gray-marble square column gravestone in the Wyuka Cemetery in Lincoln, Nebraska, pictured above displays an incised carving of gate, a very common symbol found in American … Continue reading →

JOSEPH OADES OF ENGLAND DIED DEC. 10, 1885 AGED 57 YRS. — — IN MEMORY OF MARY ELIZA OADES THE BELOVED WIFE OF JOSEPH OADES DIED MAR. 26, 1871 AGED 29 YEARS The Oades grave markers in the Wyuka Cemetery … Continue reading →

The Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois, is divided into two sections by the Des Plaines River.  Emma Goldman’s gravestone, the Druid Monument, the Haymarket Martyr’s Monument among others are in the main section of the cemetery.  The smaller … Continue reading →

David E. Thompson February 28, 1854 August 25, 1942 Jeanette M. Thompson October 16, 1867 July 21, 1911 The Thompson monument in the Wyuka Cemetery in Lincoln, Nebraska, was commissioned by D. E. Thompson upon the death of his wife … Continue reading →

OLOF W. PALM NOVEMBER 8, 1863 OCTOBER 28, 1939 CLARA LOUISA PALM MARCH 29, 1861 SEPTEMBER 21, 1931 In 1928, the Georgia Marble Company of Tate, Georgia, produced a marketing piece in the form of a book titled, Memorials: To-Day for … Continue reading →

TO THE GREAT GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF A TRUE DAUGHTER OF THE OLD NORTH STATE QUIDA ESTELLE EMERY HOOD BORN RALEIGH, N. C. SEPT. 19TH 1883 DIED MONROE, MICH. FEB. 27TH 1930. A magnificent and wonderful … Continue reading →

LESTER C. MADDEN SEPT. 24, 1931—June 7, 1983 Yesterday, June 20th, was the 49th anniversary of the release of Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster movie Jaws.  That movie, based on the Peter Benchley novel of the same name, spawned three sequels and … Continue reading →

RACHEL BLYTHE WIFE OF A.G. BUAER Jan. 9, 1897 – Aged 26 YEARS “True worth is being, not seeming.” The inscription underneath her Rachel Baur’s picture: In thy dark eyes splendor Where the warm light loves to dwell Weary looks … Continue reading →

Etta Rebecca White Ratcliff October 24, 1880 May 28, 1918 Etta Ratcliff is buried next to one of the broad avenues in the Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh, North Carolina.  Her gravestone features a carved angel—not unusual except the face of … Continue reading →

The Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh, North Carolina has a large section dedicated to Confederate soldiers who died in the war and those soldiers who served and survived and wished to buried there after the war.  The white marble gravestones are … Continue reading →