In this series, I am sharing photographs that I took of graves while I was in Latvia. All have death dates prior to 1945, and I have no further information on the people mentioned.
Photo taken by me, April 2012. Click to enlarge.
Top Inscription: “Å e dus Dieva mierÄ” (“Sleeping here in God’s peace”)
Names: KÄrlis GrÄ«ntÄls, son of Juris; KatrÄ«na GrÄ«ntÄls, died 1918.
Bottom Inscription: “Vieglas smiltis aizgÄjÄ“jiem” (“Light sand for the departed”)
Location: Meža kapi (“Forest Cemetery”), RÄ«ga.
Tombstone Tuesday – KÄrlis and KatrÄ«na GrÄ«ntÄls