On the subject of occupations, as we were just the other day, I discovered that there were more stones that told you what someone did in life in some of the newer sections of Lake View Cemetery (post 1970s).
Cecile Nevils Clarke is identified first in relationship to her family, but then her stone tells us she was also a nurse.
Similarly, Eleanore Slobin is listed as a wife and mother first, but also an artist.
Presumably, Mort was her husband – a teacher.
Robert Wallace was also a teacher and a poet.
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That’s my mom (Cecile) and one of the many things I remember about her (when I was little) is her polishing her white shoes every night and starching her cap (those were the days when nurses wore caps). She absolutely loved nursing, what a role model! And guess what, I became an R.N. as well!!
That’s a very sweet memory, and I am so glad you came by to comment!