Hands are depicted in many ways on tombstones.
Praying:
![](https://karenmillerbennett.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Praying-Hands-Zion-Schumm-250x300.jpg)
Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Schumm, Ohio
![](https://karenmillerbennett.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Willshire-Cem-1-Copy-300x283.jpg)
Willshire Cemetery
Pointing upward:
![](https://karenmillerbennett.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Greenbriar-Cemetery-228x300.jpg)
Greenbriar Cemetery, Van Wert County, Ohio
![](https://karenmillerbennett.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Union-DarkeCo-2-297x300.jpg)
Union Cemetery, Darke County, Ohio
Pointing downward:
![](https://karenmillerbennett.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/TS-Finger-Point-Down-223x300.jpg)
Hand pointing downward, holding flowers
![](https://karenmillerbennett.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Riverside-Rockford-300x225.jpg)
Riverside Cemetery, Rockford
Clasped hands:
![](https://karenmillerbennett.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ElmGrove-SM-2-300x212.jpg)
Elm Grove Cemetery, St. Marys, Ohio
Hands crossed:
![](https://karenmillerbennett.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Z-St-Joe-Wapak-1-256x300.jpg)
St. Joseph Cemetery, Wapakoneta
Hands are often shown holding things.
Holding a Bible:
![](https://karenmillerbennett.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ZS-300x189.jpg)
Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Schumm
Holding a cross:
![](https://karenmillerbennett.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/St.-Augustine-Minster-300x239.jpg)
St. Augustine Cemetery, Minster, Ohio
Holding flowers:
![](https://karenmillerbennett.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Woodland-Cemetery-Van-Wert-300x280.jpg)
Woodland Cemetery, Van Wert
Holding shears:
![](https://karenmillerbennett.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/wdlwnvwco-shears-300x225.jpg)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Ohio City, Ohio
Holding a rope:
![](https://karenmillerbennett.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Woodlawn-Cemetery-Ohio-City-2-300x225.jpg)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Ohio City
This hand probably symbolizes something, but what, I do not know. Maybe someone has an idea.
![](https://karenmillerbennett.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Rivereside-Rockford-300x248.jpg)
Riverside Cemetery, Rockford