Headstone delays continue to burden funeral industry, grieving families

Robert Locher and his siblings lost their mother Barbara in December of 2019. She and Robert's late father were laid to rest at Ottawa Park Cemetery in Clarkston. “We go up to the hill to see both of my parents and stuff. It’s just, it’s not the same," Locher told Action News. That's because the family is still waiting on a custom monument for the couple, made of black granite coming from India. The special companion monument was ordered last October, and Locher never imagined it would take this long.