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A monument to one's life
Another area in the industry that has seen major change are the headstones placed to help remember loved ones.
Traditionally, the stones had names, dates and occasionally a simple message. Today, the stones tell the story of someone's life, said Rinne Cain, owner of Cascade Monuments. Majestic mountain scenes, sail boats, faces and quilt patterns are etched and carved into the stones.
Some monuments even contain built-in solar-powered video screens, and at the push of a button, a video montage will relive the loved one's life.
Cain's business is run out of a small building behind his home. He said he keeps his business, which he calls the Costco of monuments, very basic because his goal is to help save people money. By keeping his overhead low, he said he can charge much less for headstones than funeral homes.
Cain said he is aware of the increase in business he will most likely experience as baby boomers age. Everyone is marketing to the boomers, from the classic Coke commercials to the PT Cruisers and other old-school cars, he said.
"If you do anything that has to do with baby boomers, it's going to be extremely profitable," Cain said. "But I got involved in this as a ministry to help everybody."
Reprint from online article from the Bellingham Business Journal, October 2009
Another area in the industry that has seen major change are the headstones placed to help remember loved ones.
Traditionally, the stones had names, dates and occasionally a simple message. Today, the stones tell the story of someone's life, said Rinne Cain, owner of Cascade Monuments. Majestic mountain scenes, sail boats, faces and quilt patterns are etched and carved into the stones.
Some monuments even contain built-in solar-powered video screens, and at the push of a button, a video montage will relive the loved one's life.
Cain's business is run out of a small building behind his home. He said he keeps his business, which he calls the Costco of monuments, very basic because his goal is to help save people money. By keeping his overhead low, he said he can charge much less for headstones than funeral homes.
Cain said he is aware of the increase in business he will most likely experience as baby boomers age. Everyone is marketing to the boomers, from the classic Coke commercials to the PT Cruisers and other old-school cars, he said.
"If you do anything that has to do with baby boomers, it's going to be extremely profitable," Cain said. "But I got involved in this as a ministry to help everybody."
Reprint from online article from the Bellingham Business Journal, October 2009
Cascade Monuments
Memorials represent unique, permanent, historical records
of who we are as a community and of the individuals who built it.
of who we are as a community and of the individuals who built it.
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