Died aged 53y of chronic bronchitis. Family residence at the time was on Clinton Street. Lovecraft's headstone is quite remarkable for the sheer amount of text engraved thereon; sadly due to the effects of the tough New York winters and acid rain, only 5 of the 22 lines of text are now legible. It begins thus:
"A Letter from the [illegible] of Christ Church Vestry, Dec. 19th 1870. The Vestry of Christ Church, Rochester, in the Death of AARON LOVECRAFT, one of its members and for many years its treasurer, have sustained a loss which they feel deeply and which they think deserves more than a passing notice. This faithful discharge of the duties entrusted to him and his ardent devotion to the...." Here the text unfortunately becomes illegible.
07/03/07 - This unusual headstone has now fallen and broken.
"A Letter from the [illegible] of Christ Church Vestry, Dec. 19th 1870. The Vestry of Christ Church, Rochester, in the Death of AARON LOVECRAFT, one of its members and for many years its treasurer, have sustained a loss which they feel deeply and which they think deserves more than a passing notice. This faithful discharge of the duties entrusted to him and his ardent devotion to the...." Here the text unfortunately becomes illegible.
07/03/07 - This unusual headstone has now fallen and broken.
Died aged 53y of chronic bronchitis. Family residence at the time was on Clinton Street. Lovecraft's headstone is quite remarkable for the sheer amount of text engraved thereon; sadly due to the effects of the tough New York winters and acid rain, only 5 of the 22 lines of text are now legible. It begins thus:
"A Letter from the [illegible] of Christ Church Vestry, Dec. 19th 1870. The Vestry of Christ Church, Rochester, in the Death of AARON LOVECRAFT, one of its members and for many years its treasurer, have sustained a loss which they feel deeply and which they think deserves more than a passing notice. This faithful discharge of the duties entrusted to him and his ardent devotion to the...." Here the text unfortunately becomes illegible.
07/03/07 - This unusual headstone has now fallen and broken.
"A Letter from the [illegible] of Christ Church Vestry, Dec. 19th 1870. The Vestry of Christ Church, Rochester, in the Death of AARON LOVECRAFT, one of its members and for many years its treasurer, have sustained a loss which they feel deeply and which they think deserves more than a passing notice. This faithful discharge of the duties entrusted to him and his ardent devotion to the...." Here the text unfortunately becomes illegible.
07/03/07 - This unusual headstone has now fallen and broken.
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