Lassesen Grave Monument

One of the oldest cemeteries in Sioux Falls, SD is the Mount Pleasant Cemetery (http://www.mtpleasantsf.com). It is my favorite place to look for monuments and stones to model as there is a great variety of sizes, shapes and styles.
This particular grave monument was erected to the memory of a toddler who died just over a year of age. It is one of many sad reminders of the high child mortality rate of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
I had a difficult time reading parts of the inscription