Cemetery Memorials and Monuments

Cemeteries exist to memorialize memories. At the end of the day, the only remaining tribute to your loved one is the memorial. We allow both bronze memorials and upright granite monuments. The days of only brown bronze memorials are gone as we now provide memorials in an array of colors that will allow you to personalize the memories of your loved one. We have specialists to help you through the process of creating a truly unique memorial.

Typically, funeral arrangements involve the purchase of numerous items at significant expense. When in-ground burial is chosen, other than the cemetery itself, of all the things purchased the memorial is the only thing people will see after the funeral is over. Also, since the memorial is a permanent reminder of a life that was lived, it becomes one of the most important decisions that is made.

Long ago we recognized the importance of this decision so that is why we have offered only the best quality bronze memorials available for the least possible expense.

Each memorial is carefully handcrafted from bronze which is especially well suited for memorialization and is commonly used in other artwork. Once cast with the colored finish applied, the memorial is attached to a 4" thick granite base creating a combination of two of the most durable and beautiful materials available for preserving a memory at the cemetery. The durability of bronze is made possible by the resistance of the alloy to oxidation. Instead of oxidizing, or rusting away, the surface simply acquires a soft blue-green patina that becomes permanent unless the memorial is refinished.

Upright monuments have long been a familiar site in cemeteries throughout the ages. Upright Cemetery Monuments have been an option for marking family grave sites for a number years in the Garden of Resurrection. This section has become a highlight of the cemetery with its extensive shrubbery and trees and interesting groupings.

The Gardens was established as a traditional memorial park cemetery using flat bronze memorials placed on a granite base Until the 1980s this was the only option offered. Many families told us however they still wanted the option to have an upright monument because of a family tradition or preference. The response was to create and add the Garden of Resurrection which was designed and laid our in a fashion suitable for the placement of monuments. A common arrangement families choose is one monument with the family name centered on two or more burial sites grouped together side by side. Each individual grave site would be marked using a personalized flat bronze memorial. Other options are the use of a monument alone to mark the site of a husband and wife with the inscription for both on the monument. Since benches are able to be placed in many locations throughout this garden, often times even to the side of the monument when four or more side by side spaces are in the grouping, families are able to create a memorial site that is both impressive and meaningful.