If you’re going to be burying a loved one, you’ll need to pick out a cemetery for them. You’ll also need to choose a headstone to put on top of their burial plot. Fortunately, most of the funeral homes in Erie, PA should be able to help you select both a cemetery and a headstone. But you should put some thought into what kind of headstone you want to go with for your loved one. Here’s how to go about doing it.
Look at the different types of headstones that are out there.
There are a handful of different types of headstones that you can buy for a loved one when you’re planning Erie, PA funeral services for them. Your options will include upright headstones, slanted headstones, beveled headstones, bench headstones, and more. You should learn as much as you can about all the different headstones that are available and narrow down your options to only the headstones that you like the most. It’ll make shopping for headstones and landing on one that you love that much easier.
Decide what you would like a headstone to be made out of.
Once you have some general idea as to what kind of headstone you would like to buy for a loved one, you should familiarize yourself with the various types of materials that can be used to create headstones. Some of these materials will be granite, marble, fieldstone, sandstone, and more. You’re free to choose whichever materials you want, but the materials that you go with might change the price of your loved one’s headstone. It’s worth keeping this in mind as you shop for a headstone.
Think about what you want to put on a headstone.
Do you want to keep your loved one’s headstone relatively simple and put little more than their name and the dates of their birth and death on it? Or do you want to include a photo of your loved one and/or a quote that reminds you of your loved one on their headstone? Thinking about these things will help you select a headstone that is the right size. You’ll want to pick out a headstone that will be big enough to put whatever you would like on it.
Stick to a budget when buying a headstone.
The price that you and your family will have to pay for a headstone will change based in large part on all the factors that we’ve laid out here. So before you start designing a headstone for your loved one, you should come up with a budget for it. You should also vow to stick to that budget so that you don’t end up spending way more than you may have planned to on a loved one’s headstone. Don’t be afraid to let a funeral home know what your budget is so that they can use it to guide you in the right direction.
Do you and your family want to make sure that you work with an Erie, PA funeral home that will make it easy for you to invest in a high-quality headstone for your loved one? We can help you to get the job done. Reach out or visit us now to get started with your funeral assistance.
