This is a photo provided by the family. A secondary photo of the stone can be found here.

Photo is of a small grey granite headstone with a unique font. 

Estimated creation is from the late 60s - early 70s

Looking for a font that is as close as possible if not exactly so I can make the family a new matching headstone with different information. Commercial fonts are fine but free alternatives are preferred. 

Type on gravestones doesn’t always correspond to type used for printing (many monument companies developed their own proprietary faces).

That appears to be the case here (not finding a match). You would be better off posting your request at Monument Lettering Center’s font ID forum.

On 8/7/2020 at 8:42 PM, Kevin Thompson said:

Type on gravestones doesn’t always correspond to type used for printing (many monument companies developed their own proprietary faces).

That appears to be the case here (not finding a match). You would be better off posting your request at Monument Lettering Center’s font ID forum.

I literally work for a monument company. I have to draw the fonts into the program we use if someone wants custom work, though we try to avoid using a non standard font most of the time. Seeing as designing font isn't my strong suit, I'm looking for visually similar to figure out what the missing letters could look like. I do greatly appreciate the link as I didn't know that site existed.  

The point I was trying to make is that, given the age of the inscription, it is unlikely that it was a commercial typeface—or at least not one that has survived into the digital age (given that I couldn’t find a match).

In the 1960s and 70s, the lettering was likely specific to that monument maker or to one of a handful of companies that produced lettering plates/stencils for sandblasting.