Comments (0) Rod Beck's family -- daughter Kelsey, wife Stacey and daughter Kayla -- has worked to help kids affected by substance abuse. (L, Getty Images; R, Courtesy of Stacey Beck) SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Every Aug. 3, Kelsey Beck finds a McDonald's and orders one of the milkshakes her father enjoyed so much.
Instructions. Choose a material to make your grave marker. Wood is easier to work with and will be finished more quickly while concrete weathers more slowly and is sturdier. To make a concrete grave marker, mix the concrete with water in a metal pan until itâs the consistency of thick oatmeal.Use a hoe and mix it with short, firm strokes. Pour it into the wooden box and smooth the top with the edge of the hoe. Set out the concrete stamps you want to use, in the order you want to use them.nstructions. Choose a material to make your grave marker. Wood is easier to work with and will be finished more quickly while concrete weathers more slowly and is sturdier. To make a concrete grave marker, mix the concrete with water in a metal pan until itâs the consistency of thick oatmeal.
Hang your wreath on the shepherds hook fixed to the side or front of the tombstone. Measure the tombstone and wreath in advance so the bottom of the wreath fits within the available space. Some cemeteries have strict rules about the height and the number of shepherds hooks permitted per grave.Check with the cemetery maintenance department if your loved one's headstone does not have a shepherds hook.Hang your wreath on an easel next to the headstone. Cemeteries often note a regulatory distance for easel placement.For example, the easel cannot be further than 25 inches from the gravestone. Prop open the easel and place the wreath on the front as you would position a painting on an easel.ay your wreath at an angle against the gravestone. Set the bottom of the wreath on the ground and rest the top against the granite or marble. This method works best on artificial flower wreaths that won't crush when positioned upright.