Today, on the eve of Halloween, here are some of my favorite cemetery and tombstone photos. Happy Halloween!
Category: Tombstone
Oct 25
Tombstone Tuesday–Halloween Edition
Halloween is less than a week away and today I am going to deviate from my usual Tombstone Tuesday post and instead show some tombstone art I have photographed over the years. I hope you enjoy the photos. Some photos taken while we were in Boston, when our son Jeff ran the Boston Marathon in …
Apr 29
Tombstone Tuesday–Paul A. & Elsie E. (Scaer) Roehm
This is the tombstone of Paul A. & Elsie E. (Scaer) Roehm, located in row 8 of Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Schumm, Van Wert County, Ohio. The marker is inscribed: ROEHM Paul A. 1903-1989 Elsie E. 1904-1998 Paul Andreas Roehm was born 6 September 1903, the first of nine children born to Andreas “Friedrich” George and …
Apr 18
Happy Easter!
Religious themes are probably the most common type of tombstone art and around here Christian symbols are the most prevalent religious designs on the monuments. This Sunday is Easter and to celebrate of the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ here are some of my favorite monument photos that remind me of the …
Sep 14
Five Tips for Safely Reading and Photographing Tombstones
Cemeteries are some of my favorite places to visit. It doesn’t make any difference if I have family buried in a particular cemetery or whose tombstone I am looking at, I enjoy looking at and photographing tombstones. I have been photographing tombstones for some time now and have hundreds of tombstone photographs. Some of those …
Karen Miller Bennett, Certified Genealogist®, Retired 2024
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