Monday, April 26, 2010

Grandma Bertha's Headstone

Bradley had me call around to some gravestone places, and it seems we can get a "adult" 24"x 12" stone in a black and white granite (think the Salt Lake Temple, it's actually not granite but a quartz monzonite) (not that it matters) for about $675. (That's more expensive than I was thinking, but we can still do it, I imagine.) If we want to go to the "infant" or "child" sized stones, the price goes down moderately.

It takes about two months to make it and install it, so we'll want to get this rolling sometime in the next two weeks, just to be on the safe side. Let me know what you guys think! We're thinking WAY basic--no pretty flowers or fish or sunsets engraved into the stone; just her full name and birth and death dates. But give us your opinions, because this is from all of us.

Deadline to have your opinions considered: Let's say next Monday, May 3. That way we can order it next week on Monday or Tuesday or something like that.

Also, Kim had me call and reserve a very nice pavilion in Canyon View Park for Saturday, July 24, so we can have a picnic dinner with all the extended family after going to the cemetery to see the stone. Does anyone have a history of Grandma Bertha? She isn't in the DUP stuff, because she isn't considered a pioneer, having not come over until after 1869. But it would be way awesome to have a history or some kind of information about her to read and talk about at the cemetery.

2 comments:

Mom's Thoughts said...

Try headstonesandmemorials.com
They have the same size for $285 with a 2 week turn around time. There are several other sites online as well for a lot less money.

Keryn said...

I'm ashamed I didn't even think about going online for a headstone. I looked at the $285 basic stone, which ships for free. However, this isn't the only cost, because you have to pay for the cemetery setting fees. I called the SF Cemetery, and they directed me to one of the local headstone companies. They will set online stones, but it costs $250. So $535 is the minimum (plus tax, I imagine).

Still a better price than $780 dollars, though!