Sunday, February 24, 2013

Chalmers Headstone

Wallace Chalmers was involved in perfecting and patenting a rubber suspension system for vehicles and his family chose to have a very unique headstone made for him. This granite tire is 36" wide and 6"  deep and has to be one of the most unique I have ever seen! The reflection in the middle is a little added feature.

14 comments:

  1. That is a very unique headstone and sounds like a nice tribute to this man's life work.

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  2. I think Mt Pleasant Cemetery would be a nice place to walk through Pat, the gates in the last post are very impressive. I love that mr. Chalmers family have really thought about his headstone and made it so relevant and personal.

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  3. Ha ha, what a great memorial. Bet Wallace Chalmers would have loved that!

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  4. That is someone who's family really respected the mans work. great shot.

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  5. He will never ever be tired again:-) Rest in peace Wallace.

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  6. I have never seen a gravestone like this. Terrific!

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  7. A very apt tribute, fantastic!

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  8. Very unique and very apropos! Maybe he rides around the cemetery at night?
    Still got a lot of tread on that tire, though. But it would be funny if some morning this was in a different place.

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  9. Poor guy can never leave work.

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  10. Funny one! I wonder if he has anything to do with Allis Chalmers?

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