That's an interesting point, @Shaggy. I go to the cemetery from time to time to drive past my grandparent's/aunts and uncles graves and my high school friend/college roomate (who I rode Vortex with in 1987!) but these people literally mean nothing to my niece or my cousin's children. We will talk about them and they will remember those conversations, but when our generation is gone and they are gone, there will be no connection.
My dad is vehemenently against me NOT having a grave stone. He says I need something visible to future generations. I don't think I do. That's why I want my ashes spread in several places---or if I got my ultimate wish, I would be stuffed/mummified and used as theming at The Beast