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Title: Extraordinary Gravesite I want To Share
Post by: Lord Undies on May 22, 2009, 08:53:09 PM

I happened upon this memorial today and I'm in awe.

(http://i40.tinypic.com/14njuiw.jpg)

After some research, I found out the two are mother and son.  Apparently the son (Oliver) died tragically (in some fashion).  I don't know about the mother.

I learned this "headstone" cost about two million dollars plus the cost of the SIXTY gravesites it covers.  The cemetery requires the family to hire an outside company to maintain the site.

I wish I knew more.  I am intrigued.

more photos at http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=14846537&PIpi=3534939

and http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Kasapinov&GScid=100059&GRid=14846529&

(Yes, I am "morbid" and Findagrave.com is one of my favorite websites.  It is endless entertainment.) 

Title: Re: Extraordinary Gravesite I want To Share
Post by: mamacags on May 22, 2009, 10:13:04 PM

I lvoe walking through cemetaries looking at the really beautiful grave stones and crypts.  We have a really old cemetary in the next town over and there are a lot of family crypts and really large monuments.  They are amazing.

Title: Re: Extraordinary Gravesite I want To Share
Post by: DixieBelle on May 23, 2009, 12:03:43 PM

Awesome. I'm a closet death hag. :-)

Title: Re: Extraordinary Gravesite I want To Share
Post by: RobJohnson on May 23, 2009, 03:51:32 PM

Wow that is neat.

Looks alot nicer then this one:

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2221/2501481798_e2e3df2cce_o.jpg)

(http://img.wonkette.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/burrisgrave.jpg)

Title: Re: Extraordinary Gravesite I want To Share
Post by: JohnnyReb on May 23, 2009, 04:20:18 PM

Quote from: RobJohnson on May 23, 2009, 03:51:32 PM

Wow that is neat.

Looks alot nicer then this one:

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2221/2501481798_e2e3df2cce_o.jpg)

(http://img.wonkette.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/burrisgrave.jpg)

Even in death he had to sing his own tune. My daddy told me I had better watch people that "sang their own tune."

Title: Re: Extraordinary Gravesite I want To Share
Post by: RobJohnson on May 23, 2009, 09:20:54 PM

Quote from: JohnnyReb on May 23, 2009, 04:20:18 PM

Even in death he had to sing his own tune. My daddy told me I had better watch people that "sang their own tune."

The funny thing is, the guy is still alive!

Title: Re: Extraordinary Gravesite I want To Share
Post by: Eupher on May 24, 2009, 04:58:22 AM

I took a bit of a double-take when I realized that the mother shown in the OP has my EXACT birth date.   :o 

Title: Re: Extraordinary Gravesite I want To Share
Post by: RobJohnson on May 25, 2009, 01:48:52 AM

A friend's father passed, he lived to be over 100...this is a quote from his obit:

Dad sat Mary Jane down last July and told her to start writing his obituary. He said the first 100 years were wonderful and much more fun than the second hundred years. Prior to losing his vision in 2007, he was an avid reader. With failing hearing and vision, books on tape and TV were impossible. Dad said to write his “cause of death was boredom and that in lieu of flowers, vote Republican.”

 :-)


http://www.geneseorepublic.com/obituaries/x124593336/Leonard-Kneen?popular=true