The first place people go to research their ancestors is in the cemetery. Secondly, they are a historical record of our times. Stone is built to last and what they represent will be uncovered and studied by the archeologist of the future . The conclusions they come to, we can only speculate about. Jean Eisenhart did.
Some people like to design their own monument, so they can make a statement and enjoy it themselves.
Jean Eisenhart is one of those people whose hobby it was to take rubbings of antique memorials. She had seen another colonial tablet type stone that I had done and gave me a call. We worked together to select different facets from several rubbings and combine them into one design. This was drawn up and approved by Jean, and I began the production process. There was no sandblasting involved, so it was a traditional stone done in the manner of it's period.