Tag: Bernatowicz (Wiktoria)

  • Wiktoria Bernatowicz Tombstone, St. Adalbert Cemetery

    A Lithuanian tombstone in a good state of preservation. European immigrants tended to bring with them their memories of what a gravestone should look like, so we find very different styles in different ethnic groups. This is a common East European style. The East European tombstones here were often decorated in very shallow relief, much of which has vanished in a century or so of erosion; but this crucifix is still visible in outline, though the details are lost.

    With the help of Google Translate, here is the inscription:

    IN MEMORY OF
    WIKTORIA BERNATOWICZ
    BORN 1860
    DIED FEBRUARY 9, 1918
    ETERNAL REST