Richard Pavlik - Al Saints Cemetery - St. Peters, MO USA
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YoSam.
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This dove even has the aura of a halo
Waymark Code: WM17WE5
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 04/12/2023
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County of cemetery: St. Charles County
Location of cemetery: 7 McMenamy Road, St. Peters
Date created: 1835
Number of graves: 1,745
This dove is head down, wings open, in black ink inside etched image on a granite stone. The dove also has the halo of most images of the deity and Saints within the Catholic church
Text on Tombstone:
PAVLIK
RICHARD D. PAVLIK
JUNE 4, 1940
AUG. 23, 2010
SANDRALEE A.
OCT. 15, 1943
Richard Pavlik was born in 1940, to Joseph Francis Pavlik and Helen T. Pavlik, in Omaha, Nebraska
Richard passed away on August 23, 2010, at age 70 St. Peters, St. Charles County, Missouri
"The dove then became a symbol of purity and peace because God had made peace with man. It also became a powerful symbol of the Holy Ghost, as illustrated in Jon 1;" ~ Stories in Stone, by Douglas Keister, 2004, page 79
"The [cemetery] location was selected in 1835 since the higher ground was a protection from encroaching flood waters of the Dardenne Creek. During those years, the church was near the Creek and later relocated adjacent to the cemetery. The cemetery is operated for the benefit and burial of the members of All Saints Parish.
"The Crucifixion Group statuary, located on the north side of the cemetery, is the setting for outdoor celebration of the Mass on special occasions." ~ All Saints Catholic Church