Angel carvings are often used on tombstones and angel statues are frequently seen in cemeteries. Angels are agents of God, messengers between God and man, between heaven and earth. They symbolize spirituality.
Union Cemetery, Darke County, Ohio.
Catholic Cemetery, Celina, Mercer County, Ohio.
An angel who is flying or ascending symbolizes rebirth and resurrection.
Union Cemetery, Darke County, Ohio.
Catholic Cemetery, Celina, Mercer County, Ohio.
An angel shown looking down with a drooping head or shown to be weeping symbolize mourning.
Kessler Cemetery, Mercer County, Ohio.
St. Joseph Cemetery, Wapakoneta, Auglaize County, Ohio.
Greenlawn Cemetery, Wapakoneta, Auglaize County, Ohio.
The angel Gabriel is usually depicted with a horn and represents the Resurrection or Judgment Day.
Angel Gabriel with horn.
Angel Gabriel with horn, Elm Grove Cemetery, St. Marys, Auglaize County, Ohio.
A cherub may adorn a child’s grave.
Cherub on child’s grave, Greenlawn Cemetery, Wapakoneta, Auglaize County, Ohio
The Angel of Grief monument, located in the Protestant Cemetery in Rome, was sculpted by William Wetmore Story as a memorial to his wife Emelyn, who died in 1895.
Angel of Grief, Protestant Cemetery, Rome.
