2007-04-21 16:00:34 · 8 answers · asked by myangelbarry 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
I do not believe there is a set length of time required to get a head stone. I have heard of people years after someone has past getting a head stone. I can not say for certain this is true all over. It wouldn't hurt to ask the care takers of the cemetery about this.
2007-04-21 16:05:00 · answer #1 · answered by JAN 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No...if you walk through the cemetery, there are marked graves where the family was never able to afford a stone, and it is still marked with a plaque.
My mother and aunt just chipped together and paid for a stone for their brother that had died about 20 years ago, and his wife didn't ever buy a stone.
Good luck!!
2007-04-21 23:03:53 · answer #2 · answered by Bo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not at all. In some cases stones will go unmarked as a family can't afford one. If money is a problem than save until you can get one. Believe it or not some of the Monuments Places have sales! I know my friend got one for her husband for 500 and it had been 3,000. It's beautiful Marble. Truly is whatever the family can and wants to do.
2007-04-21 23:06:08 · answer #3 · answered by lucyshines49 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO and yes. It depends on your local cemetary, But I finally put one on my WW2 dad 10 years after he died. I wanted something special but I was transferred overseas and couldn't do it from there. The cemetary was willing to work with me and I finally got home and was able to put a "proper" headstone on his grave. As long as the "fees" are paid. You should be just fine.
Blessings
2007-04-21 23:05:00 · answer #4 · answered by Milmom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess you'd have to check with the people who own/oversee the cemetery. I discovered my Dad didn't have a headstone and had one installed almost 30 years after his death.
2007-04-21 23:04:23 · answer #5 · answered by Darby 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the cemetery and it's regulations.
2007-04-21 23:04:48 · answer #6 · answered by Wisdom 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
as far as I know there isn't
ask the cemetery staff
2007-04-21 23:08:52 · answer #7 · answered by robert p 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as you live !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-04-22 00:06:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋