Not a very artistic stump, but a huge one, so that counts for something. The living tree that has grown up beside it shows us that nature still has a thing or two to teach us about constructing an appealing tree trunk.
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Treacy Stump, Calvary Cemetery
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William H. Martz Stump, South Side Cemetery
In a different section of the cemetery, William H. Martz ended up under exactly the same stump as Annie R. Smith.
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Annie R. Smith Stump, South Side Cemetery
A somewhat cartoonish stump from late in the popularity of the rustic genre. The base gives us callas, ferns, and ivy that continues up the stump.
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Homann Stump, South Side Cemetery
A large rustic stump with an open book that bears the names of Charles, Otto, and Julie Homann. There is room for many more names in the book, and the section of peeled-away bark on the stump was never used. Two small rustic headstones mark individual graves; Otto died in 1902, and the inscription on the other headstone is not easily legible.
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Vidal Stump, Mount Lebanon Cemetery
A small rustic stump with a scroll and a tiny lamb for two young children who died within days of each other, probably of the same disease.