Fiametta M. Kunz - Bern Cemetery - Bern, ID, USA - Zinc Headstones on Waymarking.com

This is one of many zinc headstones in the Bern Cemetery. As is common, this headstone has writing on the front and the back. The front reads:

IN MEMORY OF
FIAMETTA M.,
DAUGHTER OF
JOHN JR. &
MARY S.
KUNZ
BORN APR. 12, 1895
DIED SEPT. 26, 1912

KUNZ

On the back reverse of the headstone is this poem:

SHE SLEEPS BENEATH
HER NATIVE EARTH
AND NEAR THE SPOT
THAT GAVE HER BIRTH,
HER YOUTHFUL FEET
TROD FLOWERS THAT
BLOOM,
IN BEAUTY O'ER HER
EARLY TOMB.

"Bern is an unincorporated town Bear Lake County, in the U.S. state of Idaho. It is located in the southeast corner of the state, about four miles from Montpelier." (visit link)

To reach the cemetery, head north on Ovid Road from Highway 36, at the old Ovid Public School building. Follow Ovid Road north to the additional coordinates listed below, where there should be a sign for the cemetery, west up a dirt road.

An article on the history of Bern can be found at: (visit link)

Additional Coordinates (optional): N 42° 19.932 W 111° 23.172 Date of birth (optional): 04/12/1895 Date of death (optional): 09/26/1912 Headstone text (optional): Not listed Website: Not listed

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