A particularly tasteful statue of the Blessed Virgin was, when Father Pitt visited, pressed into service holding a twig wreath and a bouquet of artificial daisies. This unusual monument presides over a family plot of matching headstones. The earliest burial is “Our Geneva” (1883-1903), but from the style old Pa Pitt would guess that the monument is more likely to date from the death of her mother (1921) or father (1927).
A tasteful standard-model classical mausoleum, seen on an atmospherically misty morning. According to cemetery records, Wilhelmina S. Nickel was buried a few days after she died in 1928, so the mausoleum was probably put up for her while she was still alive.
At first glance this mausoleum gives one the impression that it is nothing more than a big box of dead Snyders. But the tasteful details and fine proportions reward a longer look. It is plain with the plainness of elegance, not with the plainness of efficiency. Next to it stands the Porter angel.
The typical family plot in the Homewood Cemetery has one large family monument and individual headstones for each family member. Here is one of those plots where the family monument is rather grander than usual, making it a more suitable neighbor for the Fricks and Heinzes and so forth who rest nearby.
Dr. Clark, whose practice was clearly quite successful, took his professional credentials with him to the grave. The Doric mausoleum would be ordinary but for the arched doorway, which is unusual on classical mausoleums in Pittsburgh.
