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DUPREE MARY DUPREE JULY 11, 1862 May 25, 1922 A couple of years ago during Halloween week, volunteers dressed in period costumes to play Bloomington residents who had passed away and were buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery.  As they … Continue reading →

Sometimes, it is just nice to go to a cemetery and see the living. Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh.

SIMEON RENO REGT 79 IND INF CIVIL WAR AUG 2 1843  DEC 12 1868 WILLIAM RENO 50 REGT IND INF CIVIL WAR MAY 15 1838  DEC 12 1868 FRANK RENO CO H 6 IND INF CIVIL WAS JUN 27 1837  … Continue reading →

Dr. William Sheridan Flower January 22, 1871 – June 30, 1924 Sarah Eleanor Lockhart Flower October 11, 1877 – September 1, 1960 The early 1920s Flower Family Mausoleum in the Allegheny Cemetery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has a vaguely Egyptian design … Continue reading →

Carved atop a gravestone in the Mountain View Cemetery in Altadena, rests a cat basking in the California sun, a tribute, no doubt, to the deceased’s love of the cuddly feline. Though dogs have long been considered man’s best friend, … Continue reading →

Erected byTERENCE NUGENTIn Memory ofhis Esteemed FriendCORNELIUS CREMIN,A native of Cork,IRELAND,Who departed this lifeSeptember 1st, 1854,Aged 26 years,May he rest in peace. Afflictions sore he bore,Physicians were in vain,Till God did please that death should come [?] And cease him … Continue reading →

An iron fence surrounds the John Rourke Family Mausoleum in the Catholic Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia.  The iron gates and fencing around a cemetery were common and imbued with a power—the power to keep the malevolent spirits such as ghosts, … Continue reading →

In a mausoleum in the Mountain View Cemetery in Altadena, California, a stained glass window represents a potent symbol throughout the world—ancient and modern.  In funerary symbolism it is depicted in many ways: as a yellow sphere; as spreading rays … Continue reading →

SACRED To the memory of MARY RAFFIAL Who was born in St. Augustine, Fla. in the year of our Lord A.D. 1816 and died in Savannah June 27th 1859 Aged 43 years One of the most ubiquitous symbols found in … Continue reading →