My wife and I needed to order a headstone for her father that passed in February. The guy I talked with at the local monument dealer was literally out of breath. He said business is 600% greater than last year and that his best guess for a completed headstone is a year from now if paid in in full when order is placed. Lots of people are dying now. Much younger and unexpectedly. Hmm, what do you think is causing it I asked? Covid of course, was his reply. The jab never crossed his mind at all. How could it? That's safe and effective. Without it things would be much worse. No point in arguing with him. Lots of people just like him.
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I've been waiting almost a year for a mausoleum I commissioned in 2019. Finished paying last year and am supposed to see it in early Fall. This is for myself, because you just never know nowadays.
I'm sure your lifeless corpse will love it. The Funeral Industrial Complex appreciates your contribution...
Just further evidence we are a pro death society...
Well, the plan was if something bad happened to take at least some of the financial pressure off my family. I didn't want my kids holding a GoFundMe like so many people I see.
My in-laws did this. I think they purchased their plans in the late 1990s. When FIL passed, we had to pick out a couple of things, but other than arranging the service, I think we paid $300 for something extra and lunch gor everyone. It actually was quite helpful.
My grandfather passed in 1981 and at the time, our family bought both plots for him and my grandmother. She passed in 2017. It cost more to open the graveside than it did for both plots.