Thursday, September 13, 2012

This grave marker is very difficult to make out. The photograph I post here has red marks where I have traced letters as best as possible for the time being. I believe that the surname on this marker may be Wachna, but currently cannot be certain.

The lettering on this marker was unevenly scratched into the cement. There are appears to be small letters under the larger letters, which may be the initial scratches from which to enter the larger, they may be from family at the time of the death--scratched in memory of the loved one, they might be from pranksters as a joke, or what looks like letters just might be only more cement cracks. In the upper right is a cross. The next two or three lines I believe gives the standard wording in Ukrainian language on graves: Here rests....

I am making this photograph as large as possible.

 
A close up of the area where the name should be.
 
 

Sunday, September 2, 2012