02/16/2010

Tombstone Tuesday: Pavel and Anna (Kristofik) Dolinsky

Dolinsky
 Again from the Slovak Lutheran Cemetery in Nesquehoning, PA.  "Kniha Zivota" translates as "Book of Life" which is the given iconography of this gravestone.  Here's this couple ca. 1905.
Feb 16, 2010 2:12:00 AM | Gravestones, Slovak

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