(Right side of base:) MULDOON & Co./St. LOUIS (Front of base:) (Raised lettering:) BETTIE./(Incised lettering:) Once a dear Wife & Mother/Now an Angel in Heaven./(Lower tier, raised lettering:) HILL. (Right side of base:) SACRED/TO THE MEMORY OF/BETTIE A./ONLY CHILD OF WM. & NANCY REDDING/& WIFE OF/WM. E. HILL/GIVEN TO HER PARENTS./JAN. 1, 1833./TO HER HUSBAND./SEPT. 1, 1854./RECALLED TO HER MAKER./NOV. 25, 1869. (Rear of base:) (...illegible 14 lines, includes the words "HUSBAND" and "BETTIE") (Left side of base:) WM. E. HILL./FEB. 2, 1823./FEB. 16, 1912./AMIABLE AND BELOVED HUSBAND/AND FATHER, FAREWELL!/NOT ON THIS PERISHING STONE,/BUT IN THE BOOK OF LIFE, AND IN/THE HEARTS OF THY AFFLICTED/FRIENDS IS THY WORTH RECORDED. unsigned Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
An angel with a large set of wings stands draped in a full-length, gown, with toes visible beneath the hem. The angel's proper left arm extends slightly away from her body, the palm of the hand facing out. In her proper right hand she holds a small trumpet to her chest. The angel looks toward heaven. The sculpture is mounted upon a tall base within a fenced cemetery plot.
Topic:
Homage--Hill, Bettie A. (Elizabeth A. Hill) Search this
