COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — Burials at Pikes Peak National Cemetery continue despite a partial government shutdown, but certain services, including headstone placement and groundskeeping, are facing delays.

Families visiting the cemetery say they understand the situation, though they hope the disruption will be short-lived.

For the Rogers family, the visit to the cemetery carried special significance.

“This is my first time being back out here since his funeral,” said David Rogers, whose father passed away in July. The headstone was installed just weeks ago.

“A month and a half, and that’s how long it took, we were very pleasantly surprised,” Dennis Rogers, David's uncle noted.

The family recognizes they were among the few able to have a headstone placed before the shutdown began

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