Our Weekly Tip: How to Find Low Cost Grave Markers

Memorializing your loved one with a tasteful headstone
Grave marker of stone in shape of Celtic cross

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Our Tip of the Week: Headstones, sometimes called grave markers or tombstones, are usually purchased from the funeral home. The funeral home then orders your marker. You pay not only what the other company charges the funeral home. You also pay a hefty mark up added by the funeral home. This increases your out-of-pocket costs considerably.

Cheerful unique grave markers

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Federal law states that you can purchase your own markers and caskets without having to go through the funeral home. You can make your purchase online or you can work with a local stone cutter or artisan. Often, you will be able to get what you want for as little as $100 to $200. These markers may be upright or flat or even shaped in an original design — a dog or cat for an animal lover, for instance.

How-to Suggestion: Before you order your marker, speak to the officials at the cemetery where your loved one will be buried. They may have regulations that forbid the use of certain kinds of headstones. Some cemeteries, for instance, do not allow upright markers. This makes mowing the cemetery easier for their employees.

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One Response to Our Weekly Tip: How to Find Low Cost Grave Markers

  1. avatar Judith Jones says:

    I’m desperate to find a granite grave marker that is NOT the usual 4-5 colors everyone carries. How or where can I find something that is more white and more unique than what I keep seeing. My daughter was a beautiful person and I would like a beautiful marker for her. Please help!

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