Engraved crosses

Most of the crosses I am drawn to first are sculptures that rise above the rest of the monument and stand high against the sky, but there are lovely crosses that are engraved into the tombstone itself, like this one for the Karmans.

I would love to know more about who these two men were and why they share a gravestone.  I wonder, based on Cook’s profession as a priest being listed and the presence of the rosary, if Labate was affiliated with the Roman Catholic church as well.

Finally, I have saved the simple Roman cross on this teenage girl’s marker for last.