LÅPIDAN SUMAY

Gravestone of a Chamorro in Sumay

In Spanish

This lápida has cracked in two, and some parts are missing from the very top.  But, from what we can read, it says :

Concepcion Perez que

falleció el 10 de agos-

to de 1913 a los 9 añ-

os de edad.

(Concepcion Perez who

passed away the 10th of

August of 1913 at 9

years of age.)

In the bottom half :

(Su) Padre y Madre le de-

dican este recuerdo.

Rogar a Dios por su e-

terno descanso.

R.I.P.

(Her father and mother

dedicate to her this memorial.

Pray to God for her eternal rest.

Rest In Peace.)

NOTES

• We can only assume the little girl's name was Concepcion Perez.  But since part of the låpida is missing, there is a remote chance Concepcion was her middle name and her first name is in the missing piece.  But I doubt it.

• R.I.P. stands for Requiescat In Pace, which is Latin for "Rest In Peace."