If you’ve lost your husband or wife, then you likely want to design a Houston Jewish headstone that really memorializes them and their life. Creating a headstone for a lost spouse can be a rewarding experience and a way to reflect on all the good memories. In this blog, we’ll offer some tips to help you with your spouse’s headstone design.
Designing a Houston Jewish Headstone for Your Spouse
Losing your spouse can be devastating, but creating the right memorial for them can help with your grief. The key is to design a Houston Jewish headstone that really captures who they were in life. One of the first decisions you’ll need to make is whether you will do a companion marker or an individual marker. This can have a big impact on the design of your husband or wife’s headstone.
Companion Houston Jewish Headstones
Companion headstones are headstones that memorialize two people, usually a married couple. In these cases, one side will feature your spouse’s information like name and dates, while the other side would feature yours.
If you choose a companion grave marker, then there are some design considerations to think about. For instance, any quotes or epitaphs you add should likely fit both of you, as there often isn’t space for two large quotes for both people. However, there is usually room to add personalized symbols to each side for both people. Just keep in mind you want it to look cohesive, so that means using the same font and similar design elements.
Some quotes that may work well for companion grave markers include:
- “Real love stories never have endings”
- “Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. If either of them falls down, one can help the other up” Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
- “Together in life and death”
Individual Headstones
By contrast, some married couples choose to have individual Houston Jewish headstones. In these cases, they will usually be similar in size, shape, and color, but the contents on the stone will be different and more individualized. Keep in mind that two different headstones will affect Houston Jewish headstone costs.
If you create an individual headstone for your spouse, you typically have more room for epitaphs and symbols. Usually, the quotes you use will be slightly different depending on whether you lost your husband or wife.
Some headstone quotes for a wife include:
- “O, Lord, I put her in thy hands”
- “She walked in beauty”
- “To know her was to love her”
Some headstone quotes for a husband include:
- “No man is indispensable, but some are irreplaceable”
- “To those who knew and loved him his memory will never grow old”
- “A man greatly beloved”
Memorialize Your Loved One with Gaitz Memorials – Serving the Greater Houston Jewish Community Since 2004
Our team at Gaitz Memorials is here to guide you through important decisions after you lose a loved one. We design and fabricate high quality headstones personalized to your loved ones and are proud to serve the Greater Houston Jewish community. Our team handles everything from Hebrew translations to requesting approval from the rabbi so you have peace of mind everything is in good hands. Whether you have questions about Houston headstone cost or where our granite comes from, we are always here to help. Call us now at (281) 888-5522 to talk to our experts.