Antique Galleries of St. Petersburg - More Sculptures and Masks of Brass, Bronze, Clay, Ivory, Iron , Metal, Stone and Wood Wade Van Dore Headstone. Available from Private Party. $5,500. The following is the verbiage and names on the stone. Top to bottom. LIFE KILLS Wade Van Dore 1899-198_ Author of the Declaration of Dependenceon nature, signed, acclaimedor recognized by Richard EberhartBuckminster FullerAaron CopelandLinus PaulingSteve AllenJulie HarrisLeonard BernsteinAlister CookeE. B. WhiteJoyce Carol OatesMargaret MeadeRoger Tory PetersonJamie WyethAnsel AdamsGeorge WaldHoward MossEdwin Way TealeEugene McCarthyB. F. SkinnerRudolph SteinerAndrew WattsJohn CageElliot PorterNorman RockwellRichard WillsJohn Gardner Death Cures All Ills. Mr. Van Dore was a lifelong friend of Robert Frost. He died in 1989. And was interned here in St. Petersburg, Florida. The headstone he had made was never put at his grave site, due to restrictions by the cemetery. And is for sale. It measures 22" x 58" x 2 1/4". Top Inscriptions Bottom InscriptionsThough Wade Van Dore probably would have preferred to be remembered as an environmentalist, his long friendship with Robert Frost ensured his fame. Wade's last work was a book titled "The Life of the Hired Man", an autobiography which describes his life and friendship/mentorship with Frost.Frost was a writing instructor at Amhert College when Wade enrolled in 1917. Frost impressed enough with Wade to help publish a volume of his poem. They became lifelong friends, and in 1929 Wade helped renovate the 153-acre farm in Sftsbury, Vermont, known as The Gully. In the Depression years, Robert invited Wade and his family to live there. They shared a passion for all things natural and living.When Wade moved to Clearwater, he met Tom and joined the poetry readings at Beaux Arts. Wade judged many of the poetry competitions at Beaux Arts and was honored at the 39th annual competition.Wade was one of Tom's closest friends. They shared many passions - a love of life, cats, poetry, and a genuine concern about nature and the environment. It was this love of nature and that drove them to sound the alarm over our fragile eco system decades before Al Gore made his movie about the threat of global warming. They would no doubt be pleased to see their ideas being espoused daily by the media in 2008.Wade wrote his own versions of the "Declaration of Dependence", which Tom kept around in duplicate. He famously designed his own tombstone (seen above), which he left with Tom. When Wade passed away in Clearwater, Florida in April, 1989, Tom had the gravestone (pictured above) placed in the Reese family plot. Source: http://www.beauxartsbook.com/Writers/Wade.html Extraordinary Russian Fabrege Bronze - lighted. Chinese CharactersChinese Sign St. George slaying the dragon marble. Private collection.African King's Ceremony: Fertility Rites. Southwest Ivory Coast. She has a ceremonial rattle. He has a pipe and tobacco box. African Figures Frederic Remington Bronzes A Ming Dynasty Buddhistic Bronze with traces of original gilt decoration Greco-Roman Wrestlers Sculpture Thai Temple Dancers African Masks and Figures Senufo or Senafu or Senofu Ivory Coast African mask. Bird Signifies "God of Spiritual Guidance". A Serene and Beautiful 19th Century Carved Buddha from Burma Buddhas from Japan, early 19th C, and Burma Large Foo Dogs with Carved White Buffalo Dragon Motif and Buddah and Chinese Alter Table

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Wade Van Dore Headstone

Wade Van Dore Headstone. Available from Private Party. $5,500.

The following is the verbiage and names on the stone.

Top to bottom.

LIFE KILLS

Wade Van Dore

1899-198_

Author of the

Declaration of Dependence

on nature, signed, acclaimed

or recognized by

Richard Eberhart

Buckminster Fuller

Aaron Copeland

Linus Pauling

Steve Allen

Julie Harris

Leonard Bernstein

Alister Cooke

E. B. White

Joyce Carol Oates

Margaret Meade

Roger Tory Peterson

Jamie Wyeth

Ansel Adams

George Wald

Howard Moss

Edwin Way Teale

Eugene McCarthy

B. F. Skinner

Rudolph Steiner

Andrew Watts

John Cage

Elliot Porter

Norman Rockwell

Richard Wills

John Gardner

Death Cures All Ills.

Mr. Van Dore was a lifelong friend of Robert Frost. He died in 1989. And was interned here in St. Petersburg, Florida. The headstone he had made was never put at his grave site, due to restrictions by the cemetery. And is for sale.

It measures 22" x 58" x 2 1/4".

Top Inscriptions

Bottom Inscriptions

Though Wade Van Dore probably would have preferred to be remembered as an environmentalist, his long friendship with Robert Frost ensured his fame. Wade's last work was a book titled "The Life of the Hired Man", an autobiography which describes his life and friendship/mentorship with Frost.

Frost was a writing instructor at Amhert College when Wade enrolled in 1917. Frost impressed enough with Wade to help publish a volume of his poem. They became lifelong friends, and in 1929 Wade helped renovate the 153-acre farm in Sftsbury, Vermont, known as The Gully. In the Depression years, Robert invited Wade and his family to live there. They shared a passion for all things natural and living.

When Wade moved to Clearwater, he met Tom and joined the poetry readings at Beaux Arts. Wade judged many of the poetry competitions at Beaux Arts and was honored at the 39th annual competition.

Wade was one of Tom's closest friends. They shared many passions - a love of life, cats, poetry, and a genuine concern about nature and the environment. It was this love of nature and that drove them to sound the alarm over our fragile eco system decades before Al Gore made his movie about the threat of global warming. They would no doubt be pleased to see their ideas being espoused daily by the media in 2008.

Wade wrote his own versions of the "Declaration of Dependence", which Tom kept around in duplicate. He famously designed his own tombstone (seen above), which he left with Tom. When Wade passed away in Clearwater, Florida in April, 1989, Tom had the gravestone (pictured above) placed in the Reese family plot. Source: http://www.beauxartsbook.com/Writers/Wade.html