Interesting thread. I agree that she should buy a headstone.

My brother died in 1957 and there was never a headstone on his grave. My mother and then step-father at that time (mom married many times - 5 to be exact) put a poorly made concrete "thing" on it.

When the last of my stepfathers died in 2001 (a great guy by the way - can't figure how my mother managed to find him) and left me a little money, that was the first thing I did - buy my brother a headstone. I never knew my brother since he died at birth, but I thought he deserved that respect.