Stewarton Memorials offers £500 headstone service to save on funeral costs

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A longstanding monumental stonemasons in Lanarkshire has unveiled some welcome ways to save on funeral costs.Family-run Stewarton Memorials, owner of the biggest memorial showyard in Lanarkshire, offers the headstone of your choice, complete with engraved lettering, for just £500.And that's not all.

The firm also boasts a Price Promise Guarantee, so if you find a comparable service at a lower cost, it will beat or match it.It's all part of Stewarton's pledge to offer fair and reasonable pricing for memorials, headstones, gravestones, and memorial plaques during what is already a very difficult time.

So it's no surprise that the firm was 'highly recommended' in both the Best Memorial Company and Special Recognition categories at the 2023 Scottish Funeral Awards.

Spokesperson Emma Logan, daughter of company founders Robert and Elaine, explained: "Being able to honour the life of a loved one is incredibly important but many people are worried about how they can afford to pay in the current climate."Studies show that as many as one in six families faced significant financial worries over the cost of funerals during the last year."So it's really important to us that, even if the price of our materials continues to go up, we're still able to offer a monument at a very reasonable price that families can afford."Stewarton Memorials was started back in 1999 by Robert and Elaine Logan.The couple's many years of experience have been bolstered in recent times by children David and Emma, alongside her husband Callum, an on-site artist, and professional tradespeople.The family strives for no less than a first-class service, one which would only be acceptable to a member of their own family.Emma said: "As a family-run business, we