The obituary of a relative indicates they were cremated. As a result, you decide to not bother with checking for a tombstone because you decide that their cremains were probably scattered in some location by the family or are sitting in an urn somewhere.
That’s a potential mistake. They may still have a marker.
It is possible their cremains were actually interred somewhere and a marker was erected. It’s possible their ashes were scattered to the winds in some location, but that a cenotaph was erected somewhere–perhaps in a cemetery near where they lived or where they had relatives. It’s possible their spouse (or another relative was not cremated and that their information is inscribed on that individual’s stone.
Just do not assume that cremated means no marker of any sort. It’s still possible there was one.
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Very good point, Michael. Dad wanted to be cremated. Mom did not. Dad passed first, and we kept his ashes in an urn. When mom passed away several years later, we put the urn with his ashes in the casket with her. The names and dates for both of them are on the stone.