The worker shortage has affected nearly every industry -- including cemeteries.
St. Marcus cemetery in Affton is one in the area that's been affected. KMOX's Kevin Killeen reports that the grass is growing faster than they can cut it.
Clifford Cleaver, who was visiting the graves of his parents and grandparents recently, walked through eight-inch-tall weeds to get there.
"Well lately, they can't get no help they say," Cleaver said. "That's why it grows up. Just like everybody else, can't get no help."
Lisa Kotyk mows the grass at St. Marcus, and said they've been short-staffed.
"I'm the only mower and I can't -- we have 91 acres here," Kotyk said.
She said it's so bad, some people bring their own lawn equipment when they visit their loved ones' graves.
"I have pictures of them," Kotyk said. "They come up to me and ask me, and I feel bad, but they say they don't mind doing it."
The accountant who supervises the private cemetery, Mark Leahy, said that money isn't the problem. In fact, they have $7 million in the perpetual care endowment fund and are looking to hire more workers.
"I have the money, I don't have the muscle," Leahy said.