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Choosing Your Monument

Several companies are available through which purchase of a monument is possible. After selecting the style of monument, the family is asked to work with the Rabbi to ensure proper Hebrew inscriptions. A headstone with the family name is placed at the head of the site and centered between graves. If a family site includes more than four graves on one side, a larger headstone may be chosen. Footstones are placed at the foot of the individual graves in family plots. The footstone should be placed so that someone facing the headstone can read it.

Families may share the headstone when two different families own opposite sides of the plot. The first family that purchases the lot and places a monument will share the other side of the monument with the second family. At the time that the second family purchases their lot, they shall pay the first family one half the cost of the monument, excluding any costs incurred for engraving paid for by the first family.

Families are asked to consider the overall appearance of the cemetery when selecting their monuments. Size and placement of the monument must comply with Elmwood Cemetery requirements. In addition, Temple Beth-El reserves the right to require the owner of a lot or grave to make changes as the Rabbi and Board of Directors direct.