Category Archives: Angels

The Flight of the Soul with an Angel

Posted on January 26, 2019 by gravelyspeaking

ERNESTINE WIFE OF HENRY O’HARA DIED 14TH OCTR. 1883; AGED 26 YEARS LAWRENCE O’HARA BORN 7TH OCTR.; DIED 8TH OCTR. 1883.   ISABELLA WIFE OF HENRY O’HARA DIED JUNE 26TH 1887 AGED 31 YEARS. “I AM THE RESURRECTION- AND THE … Continue reading →

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The Day’s Eye

Posted on January 17, 2019 by gravelyspeaking

PRAY FOR THE SOUL OF OUR DEAR MOTHER CONCETTA PAINO NATIVE OF LIPARI, ITALY DIED 1ST JAN. 1928, AGED 60 YEARS A COLONIST OF 40 YEARS MY DEAR HUSBAND ANGELO PAINO NATIVE OF LIPARI, ITALY DIED 13TH NOV. 1936 AGED … Continue reading →

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Sleeping Baby

Posted on November 7, 2018 by gravelyspeaking

ANETA LOIS Daughter of Joe AND Bessie HARRIS BORN June 17, 1900 DIED Nov. 22, 1907 A light from our household has gone A voice we loved is stilled A place is vacant in our hearts That never can be … Continue reading →

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Cherubim

Posted on September 1, 2018 by gravelyspeaking

Cherubim are one of nine orders or choirs of angels which are organized into three spheres, with three choirs in each sphere.  According to Christian tradition, the first sphere, which is made up of the Seraphim, Cherubim, and the Thrones, … Continue reading →

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Neo-classic Angel

Posted on July 16, 2018 by gravelyspeaking

THERESA SIMMANG SCHMIDT 1876 1907 The gray granite rock-face monument for Theresa Schmidt in the St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas, has a masterfully sculpted bas-relief bronze inset.  The bronze was created in Fonderia Nelli, one of the … Continue reading →

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Seated Angels

Posted on June 10, 2018 by gravelyspeaking

Not far inside the Gothic gates of the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, is the David and Adelia Stewart mausoleum.  The mausoleum was designed by Stanford White, of McKim, Mead and White, at one time, the largest and most … Continue reading →

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Her Soul Takes Flight with an Angel

Posted on February 28, 2018 by gravelyspeaking

Elisabeth L. Roark wrote an article about angels titled, “Embodying Immortality: Angels in America’s Rural Garden Cemeteries, 1850—1900”, pages 56 – 111, 2007 edition of Markers, XXIV, in which she wrote Catholics had embraced the concept of angels but Protestants … Continue reading →

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Seated Angel

Posted on September 30, 2017 by gravelyspeaking

The William August Starke monument in the Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee features a seated angel.  The bronze sculpture is 69 inches high and 62 inches wide, resting on a light rose-colored unpolished granite base that is 44 inches high, … Continue reading →

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The Bored Angel and the Tribute to a Stone Carver

Posted on July 4, 2017 by gravelyspeaking

LOUIS G. BRUSA 1886 – 1937 MARY 1890 — 1957 The Hope Cemetery at Barre, Vermont, features some of the best carved granite funerary sculptures in the United States.  The cemetery is a favorite on the rock of Ages granite … Continue reading →

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Kneeling Recording Angel

Posted on June 23, 2017 by gravelyspeaking

  COLBY I. PERT 1860—1911 ALICIE E. 1868—1929 RAY W. PERT 1889—1891 RAYMOND W. 1893— As Mentioned in several earlier blog posts, the article, “Embodying Immortality: Angels in America’s Rural Garden Cemeteries, 1850—1900”, pages 56 – 111, 2007 edition of … Continue reading →

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