It was a sad week last week, I had to cover stories involving death and a friend lost someone very close to her. On Saturday I covered the unveiling of the latest name added to the Crawford County War memorial. A couple months ago I photographed the soldier's funeral as well. This is important stuff, especially in a small community like Crawford County. We're documenting the history of its people. I normally don't keep many photos that do not include people. We're about people, telling stories to other people and therefore I feel I always need to have the context of people in the pictures I take.But this picture seemed stronger just with the single rose left on the momunet and void of people. Feels sort of lonelier to me. Meadville Tribune photograph by Richard Sayer