61st Street Cemeteries - September 10th, 2012
Start our cemetery tour at Lakeview between 59th & 57th
Looking for Texas President David Burnet, is that him?
Ella Mae passed 113 years after Gustaf
Sly only made it 36 years before passing in 1993
No more popping out of the ground during floods for us!
Matching headstone for Mom & Dad is always nice
Cylinder or fake tree, both almost 100 years old
Is this the marker to President David Burnet?
No, it's for the Woodman of the World who died in 1900
Find an official entrance marker for Lakeview Cemetery
President Burnet is in the lot, now go and find him
Softball, new corvette, working, who could that be for?
Confederate soldiers who died between 1901-1908
Hawley Oakes mausoleum along 57th street
C. A. Mensing mausoleum also needs a new door & repair
The name of this crypt must have been on the lost door
Michael J., 3rd Generation running the restaurant?
Andy and Kathy walk among the crypts on a beautiful day for such a activity
Major Clinton and his fellow mason friends
Hang out in the 1895 Receiving Vault til your grave's ready
I am happy to report that no one is currently waiting
Kathy stumbles across the marker we're looking for
Yep, and we have a double bonus marker
Lt. Sherman fought @ San Jacinto under Ed Burleson
Sherman led Confederate defense of Galveston in 1861
Burnet was Texas interim President Mar 2nd - Oct 22, 1863
Burnet declined to run against Houston, elected 9/05/1863
Sherman was dug up from by his wife & reinterred
here in 1894. We will go find his wife later today
Head back to the car after finding our famous residents
Mr. Hand from Fast Times at Ridgemont High rests here
Papa & Mama ran a most awesome tile company!
Monument to 1st Mason Grand Master organized in 1875
3 more graves over 110 years old on the way to the car
Over to Calvary Catholic Cemetery between 61st & 65th
1884 Oppermann Family Vault can be seen from 61st St.
Messina (L) and Goggan (R) Family Mausoleums
Italian Benevolent Society Vault built in 1888
12 crypts inside provided temporary rest to 70 members
Another angle on the 3 nearby family vaults
Dad, Mom & son with a familiar last name
Stiglichs would like to stay in place for the next hurricane
Husband includes wife & father-in-law but takes top billing
Martini family with Gin, Olive, Gibson & stepchild Vodka
Walking among the many graves at the Calvary Catholic Cemetery along 61st Street
Find more fine Del Papa gravestones
Graves of Dominican Sisters
Find Christ ascending the cross to find a seagul
Rossi-Figari scares the seagull off
St. Ignatius of Loyola kinda looks like Dad
Unusual birds poke around nearby in the cemetery
Galveston Priest's graves are written in Latin
Galveston’s priests, rest in peace after a life of service
Carl was only 13 when he died 118 years ago.
Stations of the Cross, 1) Jesus Condemned - Gone!
2) Jesus is made to bear his cross
3) Jesus falls the 1st time under his cross
4) Jesus meets his afflicted mother
5) The Cyrenean helps Jesus to carry his cross
6) Veronica wipes the face of Jesus, a little too hard!
7) Jesus speaks to the women of Jerusalem
8) Jesus falls the third time
9) Jesus is stripped of his garments
10) Jesus is nailed to the cross
11) Jesus dies on the cross
12) Jesus is placed in the sepulcher