Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Symbolism, tagged cleveland, epitaphs, finger, finger pointing, hand, ohio, sculpture, symbolism, upright hand, woodland cemetery on October 27, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Here are some more stones with the symbol of the finger pointing upward, indicating that the deceased has ascended to heaven.
Mary Thomas’ stone hammers home the point with the epitaph “Gone home” just above the symbol, in case the meaning was not clear.
Posted in Cemeteries, tagged cleveland, finger, finger pointing, flower, flowers, german, grave art, hand, hands, ohio, symbolism, upright hand, woodland cemetery on September 14, 2010| Leave a Comment »
While doing the Historic Cleveland Scavenger Hunt at Woodland Cemetery, I was searching for an epitaph on a particular stone, came around the corner, and gasped at this lovely, fairly well-preserved tombstone.
A lot of tombstones of this material and age are worn and difficult to decipher, but I am guessing that the particular location and possibly the surrounding vegetation have provided some protection from the elements.
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| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
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A Grave Concern 