European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By Dena Kle Vij new York Tirsa fill i i i v Mot Moll a Loi c Kir i cemetery in Valhalla n v. A quiet War is racing Uvrl .1 r,nhif7cl As old As  the desire of men and women to of Xvi. Do Hind some Markol Itilene . Tho rhetoric Al Lim ". Ethereal. Iho issues Divcic ii is a utile Competition Moio a struggle of i i i lecher ques than open  ii a Lia Tlle Over Stone in which Itie a Tor will be known try whal ccrnelcrif1 i us like Monument Nia 1ant Loni Slones cemeteries Don i Monument makers took at it one Way and we look Al in  said Chester s Day a vice president of Kensick cemetery which with More than 103,000 people Brunec on its 460 acres is among the largest cemeteries m new York stale. Wilh raised headstones you can l use Iho big  Toca Mclerie the irad Lional standing Tombstone is a maintenance headache vandals Knock Ihm Over end they Are costly Zornow around Rul to Monument majors Ihu ground level flush markers favored by Many cemeteries or worse the growing preleienci.1 lot cremation and mausoleums threatens their very existence. For the Consumers caught in the Middle much has Clia Ngod in the 25 years since the publication of Jessica Mitford s american  of death which exposed inc practices of the funeral Industry and let to changes in them there s a new vocal Julmary made up of words has cremains what is loll alter arc Nalion and Ihorn Are More choices from the simplicity of cremation to climate con i relied mausoleums Lotho Best Hope of inc Monument makers what they see of a new interest in tombstones Wilh ii personal  now the ror Mumer can comparison shop said Stephen l Morgan executive vice president of the american cemetery association which represents 2,300 cemeteries across Iho nation. To be sure the  arc still building above ground Viilu  irom is 50.000 lot i million barbra so Voisand Lor example recently had an Art Deeo so Rulure built in a Ceme cry in Queens . Harry Helmsle Yii mausoleum in the Bronx . Has stained Glass windows of Iho new Yolk Skyline Bui Iho mainstay of Iho no siness is Iho average person ant a to cemeteries Hope to persuade  that com clerics Aie Ai much Lor Iho living As the dead Monument makers Are hoping to create a new Market for upright tombstones Wilt inc so called personal touch. In Valhalla. 24 Iii s ii ill of Midtown leaving a lasting Mark the struggle Over tombstones Nellie and Stltt bobbins waft away front Marker to be in has also designed stones Wilh Goll clubs picture postcard scenes of towns in Europe favorite Villas and musical notes to a favorite song. Nellie of Robbins. 68, and her husband Willis 71, of Armonk. . Bolh love to Lish and their Stone which Cost $1,000 and is already in place at a cemetery in Banksville. Ny., depots a Fisherman in a boat. John and Helena Clarke of Larchmont n a chose a design with an etched drawing of Iho Sun and a phrase from the musical fiddler on inc Root their epitaph Sunrise Sunset swiftly Fly the  the Lono is in place a practice referred to in the Industry As pro need when onto us goes Al least Well have Ticconi fat of hawing selected it Kensick and three other cemeteries Lorrn a vac cemetery District. Nearby arc rotated businesses Liko Prysby Loland monuments where Vito Sorrentino says to lows in when someone slops by his shop near Kynsi Coane asks Lor something special a sketch of a favorite boat perhaps or a portrait of a Poinc Fie cause of now line lipped drills available to Monument builders in is oven  to Hays one s Polo graph Erif a Vert on a lomb Lono. Which sir Ghilino has done Lor show. Ii depicts him 3 Coal and lie smiling. 1 i hey Loc their Homo Sori Culmo was saying of a Stone designed by a couple that features a sketch of icon  they want to take Herr House v i a Ihm " this i a  he added pointing Loa luge Iii i. I  t of r  if  in i i  Cost ii Ftp ii kx1 to $0 Fiu i in up dope inline on  a Lent c  and Hico of Monciv Fri  to1 scotches such As Poloi imps. Rocquin Batch or red or Nile. Which costs 40 o lit to Cronl More than Olhow shades flush markets in Stone or Bronze Cost irom 1275 to s600 the maintenance of new York s 1.900 cemeteries is Overman by the slate division of corp aches and los officials Are aware of i Hose new competing currents. There s no Doully ih.1l Iho Marc acceptance Iacre has Iliin of Mush makers comm Unity mausoleums anal cram aliens Ito Monument  Tias  Jack n Schekira. Assistant Dirac let. Iid cemeteries Tkavc Tiso limited Hie sire and shape o Slones which also cuts Down on Ross inli1 " the division s decl or. ,t50 o Collaghan. Sard you can i jul Loo exotic any Mic 1 there r no question Thil simpler is cheaper he said dul some people do want to make n Al Alcmene " Schick Ira Ohser Vod that some Cemel cric a seeking to Cohl flin Mainton nor o costs As Wnm As a Commodaro  inloir1 in up Grid monism ends Ore plan no graveyards Levit pm acc stones tick to Back Wilh wide spaces in but Tucen to  i he Kindol 72 Inch lawns Powers Irinod on Goll conring econ rid that however lie soil  or was Fri Alilce to Roann Wal on the  of Monument movers that  Cloncs Arifi Aniny Popup  but such people 35 Don wan i. .1 landscape Archit cd and  planner in Orchard i Ord. . Rowil Puglia do Keystone Monument co in Brooklyn. N a. Tim Andrj Sally a ii i a Corr of Masler Mcmorine in Wasll Welcl. N j and i Latscu Tuthill of   in vnlhalt.1 All 5re a re Roplh of my Neil in Thoj  Pugh recently Dor i Ned a Stora with a shoe Pant and the epitaph Nal a. It nobody Coulch lit in her shoes " the doers recently designed a Stone with the words my a Eccl  Dono in the handwriting of the dead Man Wilt  a Slane Lor his Lal m with a picture of a Sai Shoal Ami inc epitaph anchors up not poll rat  " Lei 5 i.1co  Tuthill  no Mattel who you arc. Norm ller whal you in i. Ihn Only it no you leave behind Are you children arid a Stone in his Irmal message Lolo of i.  i intros a. President of k Usico Corn carry. Said again i Ury Yon in , thu jmj teach of  Monjir crits and  Inorg scr a help Rii Aii it Fri ii Chin vol to a inert a Iti thy cd Al of  Gulf null f response Ever try to  a Illi mar Fri i in if Snow tie Lay. April 12. 1983 the stars and stripes Page 13