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Slant Markers

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Jet Black granite with laser etching of the decedent's guitar and a butterfly. (Polished Jet Black granite reflects so much light that it's hard to get a clear photo without picking up some background effect!)
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Classic design on Keystone Blue granite, with turned vases
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A small but meaningful slant marker in Salisbury Pink granite
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Creative addition of the guitar to personalize the veteran's bronze plaque. Keystone Blue granite. (The bronze emblem upper left indicates that this person was an organ & tissue donor.)
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A simple yet engaging design of a lighthouse. Keystone Blue granite slant marker on a base
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The initials represent her family members. Salisbury Pink granite
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The deep-engraved rose adds a dignified element to this design. Keystone Blue granite
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Another classic design on Keystone Blue granite
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"Triple" slant marker in Keystone Blue granite. Note that "Single," "Double," and "Triple" indicate how many people are memorialized, without giving much indication of the actual size of a particular monument.

Bevel & Flat Markers

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Frost outline lettering on the marker, incised lettering in a panel on the base. Wisconsin Red granite
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We use dozens of variations of a cross design. Shown here on sanded finish Medium Barre Gray granite.
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Sanded finish Keystone Blue granite
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A tree graces this marker in Keystone Blue granite.
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Hand-tooled polished square-raised letters in a recessed polished panel. On Medium Barre Gray, with a polished margin.
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Traditional design with a ceramic portrait, on Keystone Blue granite
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All "skin cut" engraving on Jet Black granite. The "Farewell" design was adapted from an early 20th-century design. We milled flats at the corners to allow level beds for the vases to be installed.