Which of these you can use is usually decided by the cemetery, not by preference. Lawn sections often require a flush marker. Older sections often allow an upright. Before you fall in love with a shape, let us check the section. It takes us a day or two and it costs you nothing.
The stone most people picture. A die stands on a base at the head of the grave, readable from standing height. It suits a full plot in a traditional section and holds the most lettering of any type here.
Set flush with the ground so mowers pass over it. Most modern lawn sections require this and permit nothing taller. It needs almost no upkeep, and it will hold grass clippings and settle slightly over the first year.
A wedge that sits low and angles its face up toward the reader. It is the middle option where the section will not take an upright but a flush marker feels like too little.
A cast bronze plate mounted on a granite base and set flush. This is the standard in memorial park sections, which frequently allow nothing else. The bronze darkens over the years, which is normal, and it can be cleaned.
A granite bench, at the grave or in a garden section. It suits a family that visits often and wants somewhere to sit. Cemeteries are particular about these, and many allow them only in specific areas.
One stone for two people, usually a married couple, set at the head of a double plot. It is normally ordered when only one date is known, and the second is cut at the cemetery years later.
Fine, even grain. Takes small lettering cleanly.
Warmer, more mottled. Good at larger sizes.
Mirror polish. Highest contrast for etching.
Red-brown, coarse flecks. Keeps its color.
Blue-gray with brown through it. Shifts in sun.
A second date, a name, or an added line can be cut at the cemetery without removing the memorial. We bring the equipment to the graveside. We do this most often on companion monuments after a second death.
We also clean, reset leaning stones, and repair breaks on older memorials, including ones we did not make.
Cemetery approval and ground conditions set the pace, not the shop. Foundations are not poured into frozen ground, so orders placed in deep winter are usually set in early spring. We give you the date we expect, and if it moves we tell you before it moves.
Many families set a temporary marker from the cemetery while the memorial is being made. Ask the office about one. It costs little and it means the grave is not unmarked in the meantime.
Price follows the stone, the size, the amount of lettering, and the cemetery’s own setting and permit fees. We put the whole figure in writing before any work begins: the memorial, the foundation, the setting, and the cemetery fees together as one number. Nothing is added to it afterward.
The photographs on this page are placeholder stock. Each one shows the kind of memorial its card describes, not a specific stone we cut.
There is no cost and no obligation. Tell us as much or as little as you know. If you do not have the cemetery name, the plot number, or the dates yet, send the form anyway and we will work it out together.
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Nothing is decided and nothing is owed. When we talk, we will start with the cemetery and what it allows, and go from there.
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