As you make arrangements for your loved one’s final place of rest, one matter to regard is the grave memorials tablet, crypt plate, or niche plate. When you discuss with the staff at the cemetery, you’ll be shown a range of styles and other options to select from. When making your choices, consider which styles and designs would suit the personality of your deceased loved one appropriately.
- Select a Material and Style
It is traditional for memorial tablets to be sculpted from granite, but bronze is also an elegant option that many families favour. You can ask to see samples of tablets or plates, and engraving designs, made from both materials before making a choice. Both granite and bronze are very hard-wearing tough materials that tolerate weathering very well. The two fundamental styles of grave memorials are upright stones and flat markers. If you want to design an upright granite gravestone for your departed loved one, be sure to enquire if these are allowed in the area where the grave is situated. Like most cemeteries, your local cemetery may have some restrictions concerning both flat tablets and upright monuments.
- Select an Appropriate Design
Take your time with selecting the design for your loved ones grave memorials. There are various elegant choices. Many families select floral or geometrical designs for the border of the tablet for the memorial. You may decide to add religious symbols to the marker or possibly to personalise it with cherished family photographs. Request to see our style and design brochure.
- Choose an Inscription
Your loved one’s full name, even the middle initial, will be carved on the marker, also with the dates of birth and death. Although it is not needed, you may decide to add an inscription like, “Loving Mother, Wife, and Daughter.” If you are making arrangements for a double capacity entombment space, a part of the tablet or plate may briefly be left incomplete to allow for space for the name and dates of a second deceased in the grave.
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