Today an unusual exception to the general rule that if you find one "Tree Shaped Tombstone" in a cemetery you'll always find at least one more. Nope, this specimen in the cemetery at Barron, Wisconsin, seems to be a loner.
I've been by here a number of times in the past year and so its surprising that I've not stopped to search.
Barron is an unusual community. It started out as a typical small Wisconsin farm town. Cows, implement dealers. Catholic and Protestant churches. Lots of taverns, which for all I know also have denominations.
But by virtue of some industries in town it has a large population of immigrants. So there's a mosque. And back when my oldest was playing soccer this little town had an absolute powerhouse team, since many of the families came from places where Futball ruled.
Anyway, its still a nice little place where everyone seems to get along. The tombstone above is a fairly typical medium style. Ropes, ferns, an unrolled "scroll of life". Nice coating of that very specific yellow lichen you find on these. There's a subsidiary marker that is hard to read. But of course it just says FATHER.
And then there's this odd little thing on what looks like a corner of the family plot. I'm not sure what it is, and I don't recall seeing one before. A corner marker? Seems sort of drab, and it has no buddies at the other edges. Was this the mount for some auxiliary object? Like a planter perhaps? Seems a bit small for that. I did cautiously nudge it with my toe to see that it was firmly planted.
Thank goodness it was. I don't need L.F. Whittemore coming back to haunt me!
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