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Message 1808270 - Posted: 10 Aug 2016, 7:21:59 UTC - in response to Message 1808042.  

Nicely done, Gordon.

As an officer and Committee Chair for Visalia Avenue of Flags, I've seen a few markers done and placed before the owner occupied the parcel, but none quite so whimsical.

Were my remains not already arranged to be sent to Davy Jones' Locker via submarine, I might consider something similar, perhaps a seascape with a periscope peeking up out of the surf, or perhaps a submarine just beginning to dive......



Thanks very much. My mother bought my plot(but not the monument) back when I graduated from U of L, in 1990, and I always had an idea in the back of my mind to go ahead and have the stone done prior to my death, but I didn't actually decide on a design until a few months ago. It's not unusual at all for a stone to be set when one spouse dies and the survivor leaves her own date of death open(as in my mother's case - my dad died in 1982, so she's sharing space with him on the same tombstone). When she dies, her date of death will be carved in at that time. In my case, since I have no plans to be married, I decided to make my stone singular. My mother was thinking ahead when she bought my plot, though, and there is room for a spouse for me. In the unlikely event that becomes the case, my wife can have a separate stone next to mine, or have her name and dates engraved on the back of mine.

Visiting the cemetery is not an unhappy thing for me. I've always found it interesting. Plus, now, I can visit me, too. ;~)

When my Grandfather died, My grandmother had a tombstone with his date of death and her name and birthdate on it. Being 11 at the time I didn't know what the heck that ment.I do now, Was creepy then.
I don't know what they charge for headstones now. But maybe its cheaper to get it done now than in the future. Plus you get to design it.
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Message 1808308 - Posted: 10 Aug 2016, 13:32:07 UTC - in response to Message 1808270.  
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I don't know what they charge for headstones now. But maybe its cheaper to get it done now than in the future. Plus you get to design it.


As with most things, it's cheaper the sooner the you do it. The plot, purchased in 1990, was $520.


My actual stone, which I purchased three months ago, cost $1,310.
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Message 1808324 - Posted: 10 Aug 2016, 14:59:35 UTC - in response to Message 1808308.  

I don't know what they charge for headstones now. But maybe its cheaper to get it done now than in the future. Plus you get to design it.


As with most things, it's cheaper the sooner the you do it. The plot, purchased in 1990, was $520.


My actual stone, which I purchased three months ago, cost $1,310.

Out of My reach, My family will probably cremate Me, and then dump My Moms ashes and Mine out in the desert somewhere.

I'm allowed to buy and own a plot, but if either exceeds $2,000.00, I'm not allowed to legally save for it, if I do, I could lose My benefits, or worse, go to jail, yep SSA is now threatening jail, it's all Republicans fault in Congress, they won't pass HR2442/S1387, the bill just sits there, in the House Ways and Means Committee's: House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources which is where the bill has been since 06/01/2015.

If anyone is interested in HR2442/S1387, Here's the link.
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