Things to Consider Putting on a Loved One’s Permanent Memorial

After you’ve picked out the perfect permanent memorial for a loved one’s burial services, you might think you’re in the clear. But in reality, there is still more work to be done. You’ll have to decide what to put on the permanent memorial before it gets set up on top of your loved one’s burial plot at a memorial park cemetery in Tulsa, OK. There are a handful of things that you should consider engraving on the permanent memorial. Here are a few of them.

Your loved one’s name (and potentially, their nickname)

There are hundreds, if not thousands, of people buried in the average Tulsa, OK cemetery. As a result, you’re going to need to clearly mark your loved one’s burial plot with their name. And you should be as specific as you can be with their name so that their plot doesn’t get mixed up with the plot of someone who has a similar name. You should put their first, middle, and last name on their permanent memorial and potentially even their nickname if they had a nickname that everyone used to call them.

The dates of your loved one’s birth and death

In addition to putting your loved one’s full name and possibly their nickname on their permanent memorial, you should also put the dates of both their birth and their death on it. This is another thing that people are going to be able to use to differentiate your loved one’s burial plot from another person’s plot when they both have similar names. Putting the dates of your loved one’s birth and death will also let people know how old they were when they passed away.

A few words to help describe your loved one

It’s going to be pretty difficult to describe your loved one in just a few words on their permanent memorial. But you might be able to do it by coming up with words to describe the different roles that they played in life. Something like, “Father. Brother. Son. Friend,” will help to paint a picture of your loved one without you having to use up too much space on their permanent memorial.

A quick quote in honor of your loved one

If you go with a smaller permanent memorial, like a flat marker, you might not have enough room on it for a quote. But if you go with a traditional headstone or something along those lines, you might be able to free up some space for a quote that you can use to honor your loved one. It’s not a bad idea at all to do this if you can find the room for it. It’ll further help to set your loved one’s permanent memorial apart from the pack.

Would you like a hand creating a custom permanent memorial for your loved one? Rolling Oaks Memorial Gardens is one of the best Tulsa, OK cemeteries in the business when it comes to putting together plans for permanent memorials. Give us a call to get the process started.