Bartizal Memorial - Bohemian National Cemetery, Chicago, IL - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

More from the Smithsonian database:
Inscription: (On base below gravemark:) LT. BARTIZAL (On gravemarker: 3 names with life dates)

Inscription from my photo:
"Edward J. Bartizal 1900-1918"

From researching on ancestry.com, I learned that young Edward died at the Great Lakes Naval Hospital of influenza on Oct. 4, 1918. Thank you for your service and sacrifice, young man.

It appears that the main center stone marker was placed at the death of (father) Thomas since it is much less weathered and the stone is topped by his initials TB. Also, there is a much older, weathered marker to the right that looks like Edward's original marker from 1918.

This is one of the eight gravemarkers featuring soldier statues in Bohemian National listed in the Smithsonian sculpture database. I found an additional at least 8 similar graves not listed in the database, so I am curious why only these particular graves received the honor of being chosen.

More about the cemetery from their website: (visit link)
"The Bohemian National Cemetery of Chicago is a Fraternal not for profit cemetery founded in 1877 by Bohemian, Moravian and Slovak immigrants and their descendants to provide a dignified place for burials free of religious restraints. The cemetery is available to all religions, nationalities and races. The cemetery is located on the north side of Chicago. It is situated on 122 acres bounded by Pulaski Road on the West, Foster Avenue on the South, Bryn Mawr Avenue on the North and Central Park Avenue - Northeastern Illinois University - on the East."

There are numerous waymarks of artistic grave markers and monuments at Bohemian National. If you have a chance to take one of the tours offered, it is definitely worth it.

TITLE: Bartizal Memorial ARTIST(S): Unknown, sculptor. DATE: not listed MEDIUM: not given but s/b stone CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 74640008 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Bohemian National Cemetery, 5255 North Pulaski Road, Chicago, Illinois DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: The database says: "Inscription: (On base below gravemark:) LT. BARTIZAL " This is incorrect. The inscription on the base just says T. BARTIZAL. See my note above with a possible reason.

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