Headstones are just as much for the people who have passed as they are for those who are still alive. Whether you're etching their spirit, passion, or your everlasting love for them onto their ...

A recent sojourn to a cemetery reminded me that even in death, many people still have something to get off their chests. Yes, I am referring of course to epitaphs. Defined as a phrase or form of words ...

POLK COUNTY, Iowa (KCCI) - It may not look like it at first glance, but a headstone on the Warren-Powers Cemetery in Polk County has a hidden message. “Forever in our hearts, until we meet again, ...

The Kalamazoo Gazette is reprinting selected Diether Haenicke columns through the end of the year. Haenicke died Feb. 15. This column was first published Oct. 11, 2000. Occasionally, when I travel in ...

An epitaph is a single sentence or phrase usually placed on a tombstone. This short comment is supposed to summarize an individual's life or accomplishments in a single phrase. Epitaphs were very ...

A son says his late mother finally will be able to rest in peace now that a dispute with a Catholic cemetery over her controversial grave marker has been resolved. Marguerite Ridgeway, of west ...