Inscription
"WIFE OF MICHAEL RIKARD & DAUGHTER OF GEORGE & ELIZABETH EIKELBERGER, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE FEBRUARY, 1842, AGED 79 YEARS & 11 MO." &
"SHE WAS DURING HER WHOLE LIFE AN EXEMPLARY MEMBER OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH OF CHRIST. SHE WAS A VIRTUOUS AND DUTYFUL WIFE, AND THE KIND AN AFFECTIONATE MOTHER OF 8 CHILDREN 2 ONLY OF WHOM SURVIVED HER. HER HUSBAND ERECTS THIS STONE AS A MOMENTO OF THE LOVE HE BORE HER WHILE LIVING AND THE RESPECT WHICH HE BEARS HER MEMORY WHEN DEAD."
Gravesite Details
Date of birth calculated from date of death minus "79 years, 11 months.
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