In this series, I am providing pictures of tombstones from Latvian cemeteries, all with death dates prior to 1945. I do not have any further information on the people mentioned.
Top Inscription: “Å e dus Dieva mierÄ mÅ«su mīļais dÄ“liņš” (Here rests our dear son in God’s peace)
Name: Ivars Steimars, born March 31, 1938, died April 29, 1943.
Bottom Inscription: “Smaidot mÄte mani nesa, Raudot kapÄ noguldija, VÄ“l dzÄ«ve smaidÄ«ja, rotÄjÄs rÄ«ts, Bet vakars pienÄca negaidÄ«ts.” (Smiling my mother carried me, crying placing me in the grave, Still life smiled, the morning adorned, but the evening came unexpectedly.)
Location: Meža kapi (“Forest Cemetery”), RÄ«ga
Photo taken by me, April 2012.
Tombstone Tuesday – Ivars Steimars, 1938-1943