Louisa May McIntyre- 1899

Bodie Cemetery grave- McINTYRE Family Plot- ( DRAPED STONE- anything draped means “Mourning.”)

APRIL 17, 1899

LOUISA MAY McINTYRE- Aged 3 months, 28 days- Died April 17, 1899.

DRAPED STONE- Anything draped means “mourning.” The “drape” can also be an allusion to the “veil” between this world and the next! The carved IVY VINES also give the meaning of “abiding lasting memory.”

The McIntrye Monument tells the story of “father and daughter” deaths. The death date of April 17, 1899- infant of 3 months, 28days- daughter Louisa May McIntyre. Three years later-(1902)- Duncan McIntyre died at 54 years of age- April 8, 1902.

~~Buried in the family-plot in WARDS CEMETERY- this “draped stone” is a reminder of the “harsh realities” of living in Bodie, and the risks the Miners took to have wives and children “winter” in Bodie. The freezing cold, lack of heat and isolated made it near impossible to sustain a “new-borns life.”

Louisa May McIntyre- Died April 17, 1899…. Age 3 months, 28 days.

Duncan McIntyre -Died April 8, 1902 Age 54 years

Buried in WARDS CEMETERY- Bodie, California