Storytelling gravestones #17
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.
This stone appears to be that of a rancher and his wife. The theme here is certainly that of the animals that were the focus of the families livlihood. A saddled horse, a herding dog, sheep and cattle. Since the husband passed first the wife's selection of an image is also from her perspective and shows the playfulness of young livestock and a deer at rest under a windblown cedar tree.
Storytelling gravestones #17
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.
This stone appears to be that of a rancher and his wife. The theme here is certainly that of the animals that were the focus of the families livlihood. A saddled horse, a herding dog, sheep and cattle. Since the husband passed first the wife's selection of an image is also from her perspective and shows the playfulness of young livestock and a deer at rest under a windblown cedar tree.