Mary Eckerlen - St. Barbara Cemetery - Salem, Oregon
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member ddtfamily
N 44° 54.688 W 123° 02.801
10T E 496315 N 4973115
Zinc marker for Mary Eckerlen
Waymark Code: WMKMPN
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 05/03/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
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This zinc headstone marks the grave of Mary Eckerlen, who died in 1890 at age 31. According to the marker, she was born in Alsace-Lorraine, which at the time was a German-controlled territory annexed from France during the Franco-Prussian War. The inscription on the side of the marker (listed below) is an excerpt from the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem "Remembrance." Opposite panels feature a cross and a bouquet of flowers.

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Date of death (optional): 11/19/1890

Headstone text (optional):
There is no death, what seems so is transition. This life of mortal breath is but a suburb of the life Elysian, whose portals we call death.

Additional Coordinates (optional): Not Listed

Date of birth (optional): Not listed

Website: Not listed
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