Last week we visited my grandfather’s grave, on the cemetery of Witteveen. I was a bit taken aback when I saw this gravestone on the same cemetery: With only the first name Henk on it, it seemed like a grave for me. On closer inspection the stone also had the...
The grave of my grandfather, Theodorus Joannes Gerardus Adrianus Pardoen (1914-1978), in the cemetery of the village Witteveen, province Drenthe. The epitaph Zie, ik maak alle dingen nieuw (Behold, I make all things new) is from the book of Revelations: And God shall...
A small photo impression of the Catholic cemetery of the Dutch town Wijk bij Duurstede, prov. Utrecht. More photos of this cemetery will follow soon.
A tombstone that is a bit different: A statue of an angel, with two small circles on the pedestal containing the inscription: Henriette P.C.M. de Meulder [born] 2 February 1874 in Lisse [died] 11 August 1951 in Breukelen, awaits here the happy day of her resurrection....
Here rests our dear wife and mother, Helena Petr. Heus-Griffioen, born 20 June 1889, died 13 February 1940. And our caring father, grandfather and great-grandfather, Johannes Heus, born 2 October 1887, died 19 December 1974. At the bottom of the stone you can read the...
