Getting a free sign, poking small holes in it and using a string of last seasons christmas lights, or even the 99 cent clearance lights from walmart, is a bit complex for most DUmmies. And way way too complicated for the big guy.
I've been away, but that doesn't mean I've not been thinking.
The big guy has a little granddaughter on whom he dotes a great deal.
However, he's likely to terminalize--if he keeps his promise--too soon for her to have any lasting impression of him.
So a visit to grandpa at the cemetery has got to be made interesting for the little one.
(a) a lighted tombstone, with STEVEN L. DAWES in blinking multi-colored lights, (b) a musical tombstone, churning out the 1890s dance hall tune, "Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-re!," and (c) something like how a cuckoo clock works, little figurines of 1890s dance-hall girls kicking up their heels as they move, conveyor-belt-like, across the arch of the top of the tombstone.
That'd cheer up the little one, and encourage her to visit grandpa at the cemetery more often.
The only problem being money; with the lights alone, that's apparently circa $2500 for the tombstone, and I'm sure the music and action would more than double the cost.