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Storytelling gravestones #19

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 particular stone indicates the deceased husband worked with heavy constructiuon equipment, loved to fish and raised sheep. The wife (or possibly both spouses) held their religious faith highly.

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Uploaded on July 15, 2013
Taken on July 4, 2013