Thanks, Leota, for your response. Maybe the marker was for both Martin and Myrtle, buried next to each other, since it had the dove and the chain links. I will see if I can find any history on the markers of these organizations.......Judy >From: Lkajdas2@aol.com >Reply-To: mishiawa@rootsweb.com >To: mishiawa@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [MISHIAWA] Cemetery marker >Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 00:40:00 EDT > >Hi, > >The three linked chain is a symbol of the Odd Fellows and the dove is the >symbol for the Rebekahs. These are lodges, much like the Masons and >Stars, >which were organized back in the 1800's and are still in existence, to a >lesser, >degree today. The men belong to the Odd Fellows and the ladies to the >Rebekahs. The Rebekah symbol, in addition to the dove, also includes the >moon and >some stars (I can't recall for sure at the moment how many stars, but I >think >it's seven). My mother was a Rebekah for 75 years. Her tombstone has the >symbol of the dove, moon, and stars on it. My grandparents and great >grandparents >plus several great aunts and uncles were also members of these >organizations >and have the symbols on their tombstones. > >Leota > > > >************************************** See what's free at >http://www.aol.com. > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >MISHIAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message