Forest Park, IL
Walter L. Von Schenck August 9, 1877 – March 18, 1878 (aged 7 months) Anna Schenk dates unreadable Phebe M. Schenck* dates unreadable I chose this grave because, though worn and almost unreadable, it is strikingly beautiful, it’s cross-and-crown symbol (representing suffering in life rewarded by eternal reward in heaven) looks as if it had […]
R. Herman Netzel October 18, 1873 – April 1, 1948 Mary J. (Haack) Netzel May 8, 1876 – September 23, 1940 Henry W. Netzel April 24, 1898 – December 28, 1966 Mary E. Netzel November 17, 1898 – July 3, 1982 Herman Netzel was born in Germany in 1873 and according to his obituary had […]
Peter Peterson July 20, 1839 – August 15, 1916 (aged 77) Anna (Miller) Peterson (married in 1868) February 3, 1843 – December 31, 1879 (aged 36) Bertha (Rathke) Peterson (married in 1881) December 11, 1846 – September 25, 1930 (aged 83) (reposted from @postsinthegraveyard, January 10, 2021) After seeing a picture of this absolutely stunning […]
April 29, 1885 – October 15, 1910 (age 25) Mary was born in Chicago to German immigrant parents John and Maria Wendt. She was baptised on May 21, 1885, at Trinity Lutheran in Chicago, and her baptismal name was Maria Sophia Wilhelmine. In 1900, she was living at home with her parents and four brothers […]
Louis Fred Melcher February 23, 1870 – January 18, 1941 Wilhelmine “Minnie” (Klaves) Melcher 1870 – 1959 William “Willie” Melcher 1906 – March 10, 1909 Charles Melcher 1926 (reposted from @postsinthegraveyard, January 5, 2021) The research on this one was complicated by the fact that there were two couples named Louis & Minnie Melcher who […]
(reposted from @postsinthegraveyard, December 20, 2020) I have gone past this beautiful family plot border monument countless times and only yesterday noticed the little gargoyle faces in the four corners of the cross. Of course, they aren’t gargoyles — they are the traditional symbolic representations of the Four Evangelists, the authors of the Gospels, with […]