All Saints/Día de los Muertos

First time, i remember to see a Cleveland grave so decorated.

 

from the same Lutheran Cemetery

I do not believe, i have seen a lectern as a grave marker.  F.C.D. Wyneken was  pastor of Trinity Lutheran Cleveland, and President of the Missouri Synod 1850-64. There is a passage from Hebrews xiii. 7., suggesting obeying your religious overseer.

"Aber ich weiß, dass mein Erlöser lebt, und als der Letzte wird er über dem Staub sich erheben. Nachdem meine Haut noch so zerschlagen ist, werde ich doch ohne mein Fleisch Gott sehen". — Luther Bible

"But I know that my Redeemer lives, and he will be the last to rise above the dust.  After my skin is so bruised, I will see God without my flesh." — Job xix. 25-6.

"Weinend legten wir dich nieder in dein stilles Schlafgemach. Niemals kehrst du zu uns wieder trauernd blicken wir dich nach doch einst kommt die schonste stunde da wir froh uns wiedersehen und vereint im schonsten Bunde, vor dem Throne gottes stehn."

"Weeping we laid you down in your quiet bedroom. You will never return to us again in mourning, we will look after you, but one day the most beautiful hour will come when we will be happy to meet again and united in the most beautiful covenant, standing in front of the God's throne."

 

modest white zinc marker  

Ruhe sanft, rest gently

German had some biting humour in the distribution of surnames. "Schimmelpfennig" sounds funny to the English ear. Pfennig is penny, so could schimmelpfennig be shiny penny? No, it is moldy penny. Moldy penny is a snarky description of one who hoards his money, a miser.

There is another family.

What does a doctor do in a graveyard?

 

Lutheran Cemetery 1894

Pearl Road Cleveland O.

foto of a statue taken in front of tree mentioned below

Quercus alba 006 Lutheran Cemetery Cleveland  

Some of the older cemeteries have ancient trees. Margeaux Apple is the plant recorder for Holden Forests & Gardens. To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Moses Cleaveland coming to the Cuyahoga, a committee set out to find 150 (listed 153) trees in the county that were alive in 1796. She did some exploring [click]. Apple found 18 of the original 43 trees still living in Cleveland.

Most of the buried dead here were German Lutherans. Borders changed, and ancient surnames remained. Some had spelling changes.

Cleveland has a Slovak Lutheran congregation. This stone has more than Slovak inscription: "Dobru noc moja Mati, dobre spi (Good night my Mother, good sleep)".

John Kolesar

1898 - 1918

Died in France

two of the other fine sculptures

Easter Thursday

 

On Holy Thursday it snowed, Easter Thursday heat record heat at 83 degrees. These entrance trees were in full bloom, during a light rain before sunset.

Beneath is a fresh hole.

mournful deer