This requires carving that must be arranged for with whomever the stone was
purchased from in the first place. If they, for some reason, are no longer
available, then there must be someone who could do the same type of carving.
I believe that the mortuary OR the cemetery who handled the funeral would be
able to lead you to someone who could do the job. In other words, when you
purchase such a marker and make arrangements for the carving that is to be
done, you do so with a certain amount of knowledge. The person who does the
carving charges for their services accordingly. Any FURTHER carving
necessary must be arranged for in order for it to be completed. The
cemeteries don't usually do this automatically. Arrangements must be made.
This is something that is often overlooked.
-----Original Message-----
From: Cheryl L. Dau <cldau(a)uswest.net>
To: INOWEN-L(a)rootsweb.com <INOWEN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 8:00 PM
Subject: Re: [INOWEN] Age dates on tombstones
I hadn't thought about this before but I'm sure it is the same
with my
mother.
My father died in 1964. Her name and 19-- is on the tombstone and she
is
now 86
and obviously will not die in 1900. My grandmother died in 1958 and
her
husband
had preceded her in death. We went to the cemetery where she is
buried
last
summer and there is no date of her death on that stone. Just her
birth
date and
19-- for the death date. I never noticed this before although I
hadn't
been to
her grave very often. Should we have notified them to finish the date
or
are
they supposed to do that automatically?
Cheryl
Jenloosey(a)aol.com wrote:
> This must be fairly common. My father died in 1997 and is buried in
Valhalla
> in Bloomington. Mother's name is there with 19--. We have
not yet
discussed
> this with the people who sold her the marker.
> Jenloosey
> Paula Siscoe Lord