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Storytelling gravestones #11

Grandview Cemetery, Montrose CO.

 

Although I do not consider myself any kind of authority on cemeteries or gravestones/headstones and the traditions incorporated into their design, I have noticed that in the region surrounding Montrose, Colorado it is somewhat customary to record an abbreviated version of the deceased's biography on the stone itself.

 

A photograph is reproduced on this stone. A mountain scene is underscored by a list of things that described this man: "loving husband, father and grandfather, sculpter, hunter, fisherman, firefighter, loved the lord, best friend a son ever had".

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Uploaded on May 10, 2013
Taken on April 5, 2013