sentences:  They were given by Wallace E. Conkling (1896–1979), retired bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago, in memory of his wife, Constance Lillian (Sowby) Conkling, who died on March 9, 1969, and whose ashes were interred beneath the altar.The east side of the cross is inscribed vertically "ALLELUIA", while the west side is inscribed "JESU MERCI.