Purchasing a monument, tombstone, memorial, headstone or footstone
by Susan Cox
There are a lot of considerations in purchasing a monument, tombstone, memorial, headstone, footstone. First you must consider the regulations your cemetery has. Do they require the grave have a permanent marker within a specific time period? Do they require a cement border at the base of your marker? Do they require you to purchase your marker through them?
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by Jon N Austin
When the Museum staff contacted the Marsellus Casket Company prior to its closing in May, the staff never expected that a request for a portion of that historic firm’s past for the collection would also lead to the acquisition of objects that had been exhibited in the museum at the former National Foundation of Funeral Service in Evanston, Illinois.
Living With Death: Part III: Preparing for Death
by Barbara Trimble
Society insists we teach our children everything from walking to driving, yet as parents, we do little to teach them about the subject of death. Our natural instinct is to protect them from such matters At least that was what I used to think. My sons are twenty-seven and twenty-one years of age and have yet to experience death firsthand. Until recently, my husband and I never discussed death in our home.
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