23 Aug william gray purcell-designed grave markers in forest home cemetery
finally made my way over to forest home cemetery to see the grave markers designed by william g. purcell for himself and wife cecily. when purcell passed in 1965, richard nickel set the stones to align perfectly at the time they met in 1935.
it was sad to see that the stones had shifted a few inches, but the staff at forest home will likely readjust them after we pointed it out.
the second image was taken by nickel in 1965, shortly after placing the stones per purcell’s instructions.
images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and the bldg. 51 archive. all rights reserved. 2021.
markers have shifted. compare images taken by richard nickel in 1965 and eric j. nordstrom in 2021 below:
