I examine trends in the commemoration of older adults over the age of 70 by analysing monumental commemoration rates in Cambridgeshire cemeteries from the period 1845-1925. With full access to a database of nearly 80,000 graves, an initial observation showed a lower rate of commemoration for the elderly compared to younger adults. Through historical documentation and basic summary statistics in SPSS, I investigate three hypotheses to attempt to explain these differential commemoration rates: a lack of psychological attachment to the elderly, a lack of financial resources to pay for a gravestone for the elderly, and the loss of a spouse who may have been expected to undertake the purchase of a monument for an elderly person. Further analyses have shown that lower commemoration rates for the elderly occur exclusively in the middle class, refuting these existing hypotheses and opening the door to new ones. Additionally, the decades 1866-1875, 1886-1895, and 1916-1925 have greater differential commemoration rates between the elderly and younger adults. I conclude by discussing some exciting possibilities, such as emulation and historical factors, that may explain this middle-class phenomenon.