William and Nettie (Campbell) Ransford Though both were born in New York, William (1821-1902) and Nettie (1838-1928) met and married in Nebraska where Nettie was a teacher and where William’s business had taken him. They had a daughter named Louise (1859-1861) who died just shy of her 2nd birthday. They later moved to LaPorte, Indiana […]
31 December 1910 – 4 June 1926 Lucille was the middle daughter of three sisters (as well as having one living older brother and another older sibling who had died in infancy), and her headstone marks her as a deeply loved child whose family took special pains to commemorate. The Katz family plot is pretty […]
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 […]
Otto J. Woldt November 13, 1875 – November 13, 1938 Ida (Soeldner) Woldt October 1882 – July 1949 (reposted from @postsinthegraveyard with some edits, January 2, 2021) Sometimes I’m not sure looking through my pictures why I photographed certain headstones, but researching the Woldts turned out to be very interesting. Otto Woldt was born on […]
Carl Joerndt December 24, 1826 – August 11, 1902 Henrietta (Brunnengräber) Joerndt March 17, 1832 – February 4, 1913 (reposted with edits from @postsinthegraveyard, December 29, 2020) Carl and Henrietta Joerndt were German immigrants who arrived in the US in 1867. They were married in Schwerin in Germany in 1853 when both were in their […]