Šimon Pokoj

1864–1937 (age 73)

Biography

Šimon Pokoj, born in 1864, spent decades as a stonemason whose skill ensured that sacred spaces and important monuments endured for generations.

The care he brought to each piece of stone is recalled with gratitude by families whose memorials he shaped, a lasting tribute resting among the stones of Saint Odile cemetery.

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