A particularly fine example of Art Deco as applied to cemetery monuments. It may date from 1931; that seems to be the earliest of several Dreyfuss burials marked by separate stones in front of the monument.
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Dreyfuss–Benswanger Monument, West View Cemetery
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Hipp and Gerold Cross, St. Anne Parish Cemetery
A tall cross with fine carving and a bit of Art Deco flair for two rectors of St. Ann’s (note the spelling; the parish is now called St. Anne).
HIPP
REV.
CHARLES HIPP
RECTOR OF ST. ANN’S
CHURCH 1907–1918
BORN OCT. 9, 1887
ORDAINED
MAY S6, 1899
DIED NOV. 7, 1918GEROLD
REV.
JOSEPH V. GEROLD
RECTOR OF ST. ANN’S
CHURCH 1918–1929
BORN AUG. 19, 1876
ORDAINED
JULY 4, 1901
DIED SEPT. 21, 1929 -
John E. Cook Stele, South Side Cemetery
A fine and tasteful Art Deco stele that probably dates from 1933, when John E. Cook himself died. His wife and four of his six children died before him.
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Gumberg Mausoleum, West View Cemetery
A very restrained style of Art Deco makes this a mausoleum that stands out without being ostentatious.
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Mueller Monument, Homewood Cemetery
A tasteful Art Deco stele with a flame pattern from the middle twentieth century.
