Home | Schlectweg and Becker Family History - The graves Ralph Angelo and his wife Eleanor Becker Angelo
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Two pear trees in bloom in April, and a Lady statue, which I think alludes to Mary's words in the Gospel according to Luke, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord", in Locustwood Memorial Park. In the foreground are my grandparents' graves.
Locustwood Cemetery dates from 1903 and is open to all faiths. The cemetery's address is 1550 Route 70 West, Township of Cherry Hill, Camden County, New Jersey, 08002.
The graves of Eleanor (née Becker) Angelo and her husband Ralph Angelo (Raffaele Angelillo of S. Angelo Alife) are in Section 8, Lot 21, grave Sites 1 & 2 (See the asterisk in Section 8 on the map above). The pear trees, if they are pear trees, are in the acute angle of Section 7 nearest the circle. The sketch map below gives some idea.
In mid-April 2016, I raised the gravestones to ground level, because they had sunk in the ground over the years (The cemetery is responsible for the gravestones only for the first 10 years). In earlier years the backing for the name plates was marble, but now granite is used. Standing with the four sweetgum trees to your back, the two flat headstones are from left to right Ralph Angelo and Eleanor Angelo.
Ralph Angelo
16 August 1888 - 25 September 1965
Eleanor Angelo
19 March 1909 - 26 December 1985
Left: A photograph from one Christmas in the late 1980s, early 1990s, when my father was still alive.
A note about my grandmother's religion, and about my singular name.
Below: From the gate of the new entrance on Cooper Landing Road to Locustwood Cemetery. I have not looked for locust trees in Locustwood. I don't know what the origin of the cemetery's name is.
From what I have read, these are white-tailed deer. Their summer coats are reddish brown, but for winter their coats turn thick and gray.
In Section 2 of Locustwood Cemetery. Many gravestones in this section bear the Masonic symbol, although most do not.
The symbol is the Masonic Square and Compasses with the letter 'G' inscribed. The square symbolizes moral uprightness, the compasses sound judgment, and the letter 'G' stands for God the Great Architect (Wm. Blake's Urizen, I'd say). Wilhelm Becker (1822-1901) of Baden, Germany, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was a Free Mason, of Meridian Sun Lodge No. 158 F. & A. M. in Philadelphia.
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