Posted in Morbid Musings, tagged cleveland, donegal, donegal abbey, erie street cemetery, ireland, ohio, woodland cemetery on November 18, 2016| Leave a Comment »
I’ve written several times before about the association between sleep and death, and these tombstones exemplify another association – not only are the deceased characterized as being in slumber, but they are sleeping safely with their Savior, Jesus Christ. The families of the dead must have taken solace from this perspective on death and what comes after.
Posted in Morbid Musings, tagged cleveland, lake view cemetery, names, ohio on October 10, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Anyone who has read my blog knows that I am fascinated by names.
I’ve not encountered the name Wreathel before, and it seems to be obscure enough that even the baby name sites don’t invent an origin for it. A few women with this name popped up in my search, but not many. Maybe I’ll find more later.
Kazimiera is the feminine version of the Slavic name Kazimierz (usually Anglicized Casimir).
Posted in Morbid Musings, tagged cleveland, dayton, grave art, initials, lake view cemetery, ohio, strongsville, strongsville cemetery, woodland cemetery on October 7, 2016| Leave a Comment »
I’ve decided to play a game with myself. I’m going to search my photo archives for tombstones with large capital letters and find the entire alphabet.
Posted in Dead Men Do Tell Tales, tagged cleveland, epitaphs, lake view cemetery, ohio, wordless wednesday on September 25, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Dead Men Do Tell Tales, tagged cleveland, epitaphs, lake view cemetery, occupation, ohio, tombstone tales, wordless wednesday on September 18, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Statues, tagged cleveland, grave art, lake view cemetery, lion, ohio, sculpture, statue, statues on September 16, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Dead Men Do Tell Tales, tagged cleveland, epitaphs, lake view cemetery, ohio, statue on September 15, 2013| Leave a Comment »
I can’t find an exact source for the epitaph for Julia Crawford, but Christ is frequently characterized as the bridegroom and a Christian or the church as his bride.
Posted in Dead Men Do Tell Tales, tagged cleveland, epitaphs, grave art, lake view cemetery, lamb, ohio, symbolism on September 11, 2013| 1 Comment »
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cleveland, epitaphs, lake view cemetery, ohio on September 10, 2013| Leave a Comment »
The epitaph on this stone is from the Te Deum, a hymn that remains in use in the modern Catholic church as well as some of the Protestant sects. It dates to approximately the 4th century.
Now I need all of you to be honest with me. How many of you clicked on the link because it sounds like a line from The Boondock Saints?
Posted in Dead Men Do Tell Tales, tagged bible, cleveland, epitaphs, lake view cemetery, ohio on September 3, 2013| 1 Comment »
I’ve seen the sentiment “in death not divided” before, but I’d not previously given it a lot of thought. Tonight, trying to restart the blog, I searched the phrase and discovered that it’s biblical. In 2 Samuel 1:23, David’s funeral song for his father-in-law Saul and brother-in-law Jonathan says “Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided…”
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A Grave Concern 