Safety inspector
While I was taking care of the grave, I got a visitor today. He was just making sure everything was according to the standards!
u/tom_bishop_ — 11 hours ago
r/CemeteryPreservation
Brand new marker looks like this?
We are told they are water stains and it was cleaned once already. Could this be a defective stone? I am not seeing any other markers with this issue. It’s been only about a month. What can be done to prevent this? Can we ask for a new stone?
u/Commercial-Stock1031 — 9 hours ago
Marker repair
My wife's parents' grave marker is located in another state and is about 23 years old. The letters are becoming illegible and we are wondering if anything can be done? In looking at the zoomed photo, there are black specs that I don't know if is part of the granite or can be cleaned. Also, the background has a lot of pink in it and provides little contrast between the lettering and the background. On the apron, I am thinking about using some Quikrete Concrete Seal.
u/olddawgpowers — 12 hours ago
Broken Grave Marker
Good morning. Pretty much had to unearth this flat marker. Looks to have been repaired with some sort of glue or adhesive? I don't know.
Any suggestions on how best to remove the soil and roots out of that 'seam', or do you think it'd be best to just leave it alone?
u/CohenCohenGone — 13 hours ago
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The Memorial of a Brick Layer
I don't know why but I think it's beautiful.
u/springchikun — 1 day ago
Can I put flowers out on a grave I dont personally know?
I'm thinking of putting flowers Infront of all the graves in my cemetery to be respectful
u/Apprehensive-Toe9682 — 1 day ago
bronze vase alternatives?
I work at a funeral home with a small attached cemetery. The cemetery is as old as the business starting in the 60s. Most of the lawn plots have bronze vase circular markers, the ones with the flower vases you can pull up and place upright for flowers and then turn them upside and slide back into the ground.
The age and just the fact they are bronze means many of them are stolen, damaged and missing. The empty holes fill with dirt, leaves and trash. I currently cant get the owner to replace missing vases unless a family complains, so I am looking for an alternative vase or something else just to cover the hole. I want to stop debris from building up in these empty holes or offer a cheaper alternative to temporarily fill the hole until a family requests a new one. It just looks terrible to have open holes in the ground!!
u/yeehaw1017 — 2 days ago
Advice on restoring this?
I visited my great nans grave today for the first time ever. She passed away when I was a child and I never really visited while I lived nearby and then I moved.
My nan hasn’t been able to go herself for some time but she used to clean it monthly. She said it’s worse than she’s ever seen it, I showed her this picture.
I want to sort it out for her as she’s going through a lot right now. Any advice on how I can clean it and restore it? Like repainting on the names, even just improving the look of it in general, etc…
Thank you :)
u/MaleficentGrowth8444 — 5 days ago
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Anyone recognize what this is?
The base of this zinc monument was clearly used as something else before it was used to hold this monument. The right side has the signs of something being affixed to it and there's clearly writing on the front side. Anyone recognize what it might be? I keep getting told that it looks like Catholic symbolism.
u/springchikun — 8 days ago
Storm knocks down tree, exposes hidden 100-year-old gravestone
accuweather.comu/Soobahk — 11 days ago
How to clean this
I’ve used the standard d2 properly scrubbing and weeks later still looks like this. It’s like using a soft brush or scraper won’t touch it. Any advice?
u/pharm77 — 9 days ago
Headstone Mystery
TLDR: trying to figure out a rough date of when this headstone was placed based on the style of the stone. Photo was taken in 2012
This stone looks much newer than the date of death to my untrained eye, but family sources say they don’t know of anyone in the family who would’ve purchased the stone. Any guesses on how old the stone is based on material/style/condition in 2012? Cemetery is in a very rural area in Mississippi, USA.
u/Prestigious_Egg3969 — 11 days ago
Cleaning with D/2 after years of not cleaning it at all (in progress)
Yesterday I applied D/2 on a limestone.
It was very hot day, so I wet the stone first, applied D/2 and brushed after 15 minutes and than reapplied D/2 again.
Color went super rusty red, although pics don't do a favor.
Hope it will work!
u/WhichSystem3547 — 8 days ago
Missing insert
Does anybody have any idea what could have been in this missing insert? Manchester, Uk and Victorian.
u/Litherlander23 — 10 days ago
how do i make sure im respectful?
i live near a very large cemetery with lots of headstones that have gotten dirty, abandoned, etc etc. i really want to start cleaning some of them, but im not sure if theres a way to ensure im staying respectful to the dead & their family. are there extra measures you take or specific things you do to be respectful of the individual and the cemetery itself?
u/Ok-Performance-8533 — 9 days ago
Uncovering the hidden clues etched in the stones of this Spanish-era cemetery—where every grave tells a story from the past.
u/urbexerPH — 14 days ago