[or-roots] Grave Markers

[Paulette]

This sounds really nice, and interesting to me as well. My great great grandparents Samuel (1828-1897) and Lucinda Jane [Moore] (1830-1919) Sumner were buried in Etna Cemetery in Polk County, OR, next to their daughter Sarah Jane Madden, but their Rigdon-Ransom Funeral Home (Salem) markers are blank now and I hope to get them "recognized" again with more permanent markers.

Paulette Switzer-Tatum

-----Original Message-----
>From: Steve & Ronda Howard <whizinc at comcast.net>
>Sent: Nov 19, 2006 7:01 PM
>To: or-roots at www.sos.state.or.us
>Subject: RE: [or-roots] Grave Markers
>
>Hi Fred, Patti and all,
>We buried my Mother-in-law about 8 weeks ago in Adams Cemetery in Molalla,
>Oregon.  I knew my husband's father and grandmother were in the same
>cemetery.  At the time I found out that my husband's great uncle and great
>grandparents were also in that cemetery.  The great uncle has a crumbling
>cement headstone, and the great grandparents have no headstones at all.  
>
>I am having trouble visualizing the below grave marker.  If you have a
>picture could you send it off list?  I believe the cemetery has a rule that
>the headstones have to be flat.  I don't know if there is much interest in
>the family to get headstones.  So, I am looking to see if I can mark their
>graves inexpensively, or somewhat inexpensively.
>
>Does anyone else have any information on inexpensive grave markers?
>Thanks,
>Ronda
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
>[mailto:or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us] On Behalf Of
>ffarner at coinet.com
>Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 9:18 PM
>To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
>Subject: [or-roots] Grave Markers
>
>In another hobby, I am recognized as a master metal caster.  We cast gold,
>silver, brass, bronze, German silver, & pewter [and can do aluminum].  I
>have always thought a 'standard', but unique grave marker would be nice. 
>Think of piece of 4" PVC pipe that has been cut at a 45? angle.  I want to
>make a cast oval of bronze with about a ? inch skirt that will fit over
>the end of the pipe, have a raised lip on the writing side, and raised
>letters.  There will be a socket on the under side that will accept a
>metal rod [stake] to put into the ground.  The way I envision using it
>would be to use a piece of white PVC, cut at the 45? angle.  I would like
>to put the PVC about 24 inches into the ground, and have it project around
>a foot above the ground.  I would then fill the PVC with quick-set
>concrete and push the bronze cap into place.  The socket, in this case,
>would hold an anchor so the marker would be quite hard to remove.  Some
>cemeteries have marker height restrictions, etc. so would have to stay
>flexible as to how it would be displayed.
>
>Of course, one would not have to use PVC.  A nice, 4 inch diameter piece
>of wood, cut at a 45 would look very nice....
>
>Since this is not a crass commercial announcement, I will say I have only
>thought about making them for our family.  So,,,, no thought has been make
>about a price.  It wouldn?t be much though.
>
>Fred & Patti,
>
>La Pine, Oregon
>
>
>
>> Fred,
>> I am jumping in here.  Hope you don't mind.    You said  cast markers in
>> bronze.  What does that entail?   Do you do it  yourself?  How expensive
>> is it.:?
>>
>> Lillian                            _lschiendel at aol.com_
>> (mailto:lschiendel at aol.com)
>>
>
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