- Acorn - Maturity; ripe old age
- Anchor/Ships - Hope or seafaring profession [1]
[2]
[3]
- Anchor (w/ eagle & globe) - U.S. Marine Corps [1]
- Angel (flying) - Rebirth; resurrection [1]
[2]
- Angel (trumpeting) - Resurrection
- Angel (weeping) - Grief or mourning
- Ants - Christian industriousness
- Arch - Victory in Death
- Arrow - Mortality
- Bird - Eternal life
- Bird (flying) - Resurrection; flight of the soul [1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
- Bird (w/ shield) - Military; patriotism [1]
- 2 Birds - Love; resurrection [1]
- Dove - Purity; devotion
- Dove (flying) - Resurrection [1]
[2]
- Eagle (w/ globe & anchor) - U.S. Marine Corps [1]
- Book - Representation of a Holy Book [1]
- Book (open) - Bible; Teacher, minister, etc. [1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
- Book (open, "Gone Home") [1]
- Book (open, in hand) - Bible; devotion [1]
- Book (over clasped hands) - Farewell; reuniting of loved
ones after death [1]
- Book (w/ three links) - Indedependent Order of Odd Fellows
[1]
- 2 Books - Bible & Bk. of Mormon (LDS)
- 3 Books - Bible, Bk. of Mormon, Doctrine & Covenants
(LDS)
- Bouquet - Condolence, grief, sorrow
- Branch (severed) - Mortality
- Breasts - Nourishment of the soul; the Church
- Buds - Morning of life or renewal of life
- Bugles - Resurrection; the Military
- Butterfly - Short-lived; early death
- Candle (being snuffed) - Time; mortality
- Chain (3 links) - Independent Order of Odd Fellows [1]
[2]
[3]
- Chalice - The Sacraments
- Cherub - Angelic
- Coffin - Mortality [1]
- Column - Head of family [1]
- Column (broken) - Loss of head of family [1]
- Columns (with door) - Heavenly entrance
- Compass & square - Freemason [1]
[2]
[3]
- Corn - Ripe old age
- Crests/Family Crests/Family Symbols
- J. H. Conrad (Oak Hill Cemetery, Janesville) [1]
- Cross - Emblem of faith [1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5]
[6]
- Cross (in crown) - Knights Templar [1]
[2]
[3]
- Crown - Glory of life after death [1]
[2]
[3]
- Crown (with cross) - Knights Templar [1]
[2]
[3]
- Cup - The Sacraments
- Darts - Mortality
- Door (with columns) - Heavenly entrance
- Dove - Purity; devotion
- Dove (flying) - Resurrection
- Drapes - Mourning; morality [1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
- Eagle (w/ stars & stripes) - Eternal vigilance; liberty
- Easel - Artist (occupational) [1]
- Face (winged) - Flight of the soul
- Family Crests/Symbols
- J. H. Conrad (Oak Hill Cemetery, Janesville) [1]
- Father Time - Mortality
- Flag - Veteran; patriotism [1]
- Flame - Life; resurrection
- Flower - Fragility of life
- Flower (severed stem) - Shortened life
- Flowers - Condolence, grief, sorrow [1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
- Lily/Lilies - Innocence; purity [1]
[2]
[3]
- Lily of the Valley - Innocence; purity
- Morning Glory - Beginning of life
- Rose (open) - Prime of life [1]
[2]
- Roses - Brevity of earthly existence [1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
- Rosebuds - Morning of life or renewal of life [1]
- Wreath - Victory in death
- Fountain - Renewal of life [1]
- Fruits - Eternal plenty
- Garland - Victory in death [1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5]
- Globe (w/ eagle & anchor) - U.S. Marine Corps [1]
- Gourds - Nourishment of the soul; the Church
- Grim Reaper - Death personified
- Hand/Hands
- Hand (chopping) - Sudden death
- Hand (pointing down) - Mortality; sudden death
- Hand (pointing up) - Pathway to Heaven; Heavenly reward
[1]
[2]
[3]
- Hand (w/ book) - Devotion; Bible [1]
- Hands (clasped) - Farewell; reuniting of loved ones after
death [1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
- Hands (praying) - Devotion
- Head - Flight of the soul
- Heart - Love; love of God; abode of the soul; mortality
- Horns - Resurrection
- Hourglass - Passing of time
- Hourglass (with wings) - Time flies
- Ivy - Friendship and immortality
- K - Kiwanis International [1]
- Lamb - Innocence [1]
[2]
- Laurel - Fame; victory [1]
- Light - Life; resurrection
- Lily - Innocence; purity
- Lily of the Valley - Innocence; purity
- Lion - Courage; Lion of Judah
- Lumberjack (cutting down tree) - Interuped life; life
cut short/shortened life [1]
- Military Insignias
- Morning Glory - Beginning of life
- Oak leaves - Maturity; ripe old age [1]
[2]
[3]
- Palm branch - Victory; rejoicing
- Pelican - Redemption through Christ
- Picks/Shovels - Death; mortality; mining profession
- Pomegranates - Nourishment of the soul; the Church
- Portals - Passageway to eternal journey
- Ring (broken) - Family circle severed
- Rod - Comfort for the bereaved
- Rooster - Awakening; resurrection
- Rose (open) - Prime of life [1]
[2]
- Roses - Brevity of earthly existence [1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
- Rosebuds - Morning of life or renewal of life [1]
- Scales - Weighing of justice for judgment of the dead
- Scythe - Death; divine harvest
- Seashell - Life everlasting; life's pilgrimage; resurrection
- Shield - Military [1]
- Ship/Anchor - Hope or seafaring profession [1]
[2]
[3]
- Shovels/Picks - Mortality; mining profession
- Skeleton - Life's brevity
- Skull - Death; mortality
- Skull (winged) - Flight of the soul
- Skull (w/ wreath) - Victory over death
- Snake (coiled) - Sin
- Snake (tail in mouth) - Everlasting life in heaven
- Snake (entwined w/ "RN") - Registered nurse
[1]
- Staff - Comfort for the bereaved
- Star
- Six-pointed (Star of David) - Jewish religion [1]
- Upside down - Order of the Eastern Star (usually with
OES) [1]
- Sun (rising, shining) - Renewed life; life everlasting
- Swords (crossed) - High-ranking military person
- Thistle - Scottish descent
- Tombs - Mortality
- Torch (inverted) - Life extinguished
- Tree - Life
- Tree (being cut down) - Interupted life; life cut short/shortened
life [1]
- Tree (sprouting) - Life everlasting
- Tree (stump) - Life interrupted [1]
[2]
- Tree (stump w/ ivy) - Head of family; immortality [1]
[2]
- Tree (stump w/ mallet/beetle/ax & wedge) - Woodmen
of the World; usually w/ motto "Dum, Tacet Clamat"
(Though Silent, He speaks)
- Tree (trunk) - Brevity of life
- Tree (trunk leaning) - Interrupted life
- Weeping Willow - Mourning; grief; Nature's lament; earthly
sorrow [1]
[2]
[3]
- Willow - Mourning; grief; Nature's lament; earthly sorrow
[1]
[2]
[3]
- Trumpeters - Heralds of the resurrection
- Urn - Immortality
- Urn (w/ wreath/crepe) - Mourning [1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5]
- Urn (w/ blaze) - Undying friendship
- Weeping Willow - Mourning; grief; Nature's lament; earthly
sorrow [1]
[2]
- Wheat - Divine harvest; ripe for harvest; time [1]
[2]
- Willow - Mourning; grief; Nature's lament; earthly sorrow
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
- Woodsman (cutting down tree) - Interuped life; life cut
short/shortened life [1]
- Wreath - Victory in death [1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
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