Kelly Grimaldi in her letter ("Consider burying loved one's cremated remains," Aug. 31) noted there's a trend toward cremation because it "is less costly than full-body burial" and "thousands of visitors walk [Albany Diocesan cemeteries] grounds in search of ancestors" whose names appear on tombstones. The writer lamented that cremation and unmarked graves may make life (and death) more difficult for genealogists.
She should perhaps consider a further step: Instead of the cost and space incurred in digging a hole for a separate urn of cremated remains, why not simply provide hollow tombstones?
Richard McMahan
Schenectady