Gone, but not forgotten

Many want to remember people they love after they die; as many want to be remembered and show that they lived.  Once referred to as headstones, gravestones, or tombstones, a more generic term is now often used – a marker –​ which can refer to funeral monuments, intended for caskets or buried ashes, or cinerary monuments, that are for urns bearing cremated remains.  As you can imagine, there are quite a lot of unusual markers. Some go out of their way to make a statement.  If you are digging deep for inspiration, look no further.  Ideas abound in this October 13, 2016 article by Molly McBride Jacobson: 27 Headstones That Defied Expectations: Consider this your burial marker mood board.  

Headstones are one thing; epitaphs – another. I'll write more on epitaphs in future blogs, but for now, zoom in on this photo taken by Jacob Reibel in Stoney Ridge, New York.  These particular "last words" will last a very long time... ​