If you haven't had to go through the death of a loved one, it's awful and it' doesn't matter how old the person is, or how expected or unexpected it is, it is numbingly sad. My aunt was the most special person in my life and I really wanted to make sure she was memorialized in a way as special as she was. Many years prior I had reconnected with a high school friend, and in his recap of all his family members he told me that his younger brother Ron Colvin, worked with company who did memorials for people. My friend said Ron was gifted at dealing with people who are grieving and puts his all into soothing them while getting their wishes translated to a memorial.
My friend was so right about Ron's skills and sensitivity to his clients. I wanted to have a marker that included a Hershey Kiss because my aunt loved chocolate her whole life of 97 years, took her nieces and nephews to Hershey park so many times, and at the end of her life lived on Hershey's chocolate. I can't take credit for the idea, it was one of her nurses that suggested it and all her assisted living friends loved the idea. Did Rob blink at the craziness of the idea? Absolutely not, he embraced it, and assured me we could do it tastefully! He sent me drawings that I approved, did all the paperwork, arranged everything with the cemetery and I now have a memorial to my Aunt which I think is PERFECT.
Ron is the quintessential professional with an enormous heart. He is the perfect balance between knowledgeable, capable, efficient, and effective; and kind, caring, sensitive and warm-hearted. I can't recommend him highly enough.
One final note, when I called to thank him and tell him how pleased I was, he said, "I knew how important it was to get it right".
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