Monuments

There are thousands of monument designs, shapes, and colors to choose from. Browse this gallery to view samples of different monuments, engraved and produced through our shop. Also included are some other interesting monuments we have seen throughout the region to help generate new ideas in personalizing your memorial. Every stone can be customized to fit your needs.

An important thing to consider when designing your monument is the requirements of the cemetery where the stone will be set. It's best to check with the cemetery first to see if there are any rules or regulations to follow.

Half Serpentine

Double Heart

Upright Serpentine

Serpentine Slant

Teardrop

Heart

The above gallery shows examples of how your monument can be customized with different shapes and top contours.

Monument Colors & Materials

By clicking on a color sample, you can view a gallery of monuments created in each material.

Monument sample photos are not a 100% accurate depiction of true memorial colors. Many of the colors can change in different lighting conditions. Please resort to the color samples in the gallery below for the best online viewing depiction of a certain color. The sample photos in each color coded gallery are a great way to see the many ways layouts and lettering can be engraved into the stone of a specific color. The sample photos also help show the variations of the same color across different monuments.

Impala India Black Granite

India Black Granite

Gem/Jet Mist Granite

Mottled Purple Slate

Mottled Green Slate

Monson Black Slate

Green Granite

Bahama Blue Granite

Medium Barre Granite

Dark Barre Granite

Steeled Barre Granite

Cats Eye Granite

Canadian Mahogany Granite

Dakota Mahogany Granite

India Red Granite

North American Pink Granite

Canadian Pink Granite

Missouri Red Granite

Monument Finishes

Monument finishes refers to the texture of the sides or “faces” of the memorial. Traditional upright monuments have 5 sides; a Front, Back, Left end, Right end, and Top. The three most common finishes are Polished, Steeled and Rock Pitch.

Click Here for samples of common monument combinations to see what suits your style.

Rock Pitch Finish (Stanstead Gray Granite Sample)

Polished Finish (Impala Black Grranite Sample)

Steeled Finish (Barre VT Gray Granite Sample)

Feel free to click on a monument to view a larger image.

Pink Granite

India Black Granite Slant (Polished with weeping angel carving, skin frosted lettering, square vase and Gray Granite base)

Dakota Mahogany Slant (Polished border with lighthouse carving and candle holder) Stone is shown wet from setting

Italian Marble hand carved statue atop Jet Black obelisk

Canadian Pink Quarts on black base with bronze plaques and porcelain angel picture

North American Pink Granite (Polished with matching N.A.P. vases and country flags)

Tropical Green Granite Clover

Barre, VT Gray Granite (Steeled finish, classic design)

Barre, VT Gray Granite Steeled front and back with Rock Pitch Sides

Gray Granite Monolith

Jet Black Granite Traditional Design

Impala Black Monument polished front - skin frosted lettering with hand tooled scrolls, raised polish cross and hand etched angles.

Barre, VT Gray Granite Steeled front and back with Rock Pitch Sides coupled with a personal quote, traditional designs and service emblem

Blue Pearl Granite (Polished, custom design)

Barre, VT Gray Granite Polished Border and Custom Designs

Custom Curve NH Granite Monument

Steeled Barre, VT Granite Athlete Tribute

Barre, VT Granite Fish Pond Puzzle Pieces

India Black Granite Polished front - Hand Cut Scallop Rock Pitch Custom Shape with Laser Etched Designs and Logos

Rock Pitch Wagon Wheel

Gem Mist Granite Monolith

Steeled NH Granite Family Tree Engraving

Barre, VT Granite Clothes Pin

Barre, VT Granite Farm Scene

Slate Monolith

Click to View Monuments Sorted by Color

^ Jet Black Monument 2'-6" x 0-8" x 2'-4" with Custom Hand Etching ^

Polished India Black with custom etching

India Black Granite (Polished with apex top, polished bevel base, polished square raised family name letters, hand etched farm scene and bronze plaque)

This beautiful existing family monument (shown bottom left) made of India Black Granite took this addition to it's blank rear, (bottom right) a brand new full color hand etching of a man riding his tractor on his farm from a family photo.

This tree and dog design were a personal image brought to PMGW to be added to the family memorial nearly 20 years after the monument had originally been installed.

Blank Memorial with Custom Hand Engraving

Finished Memorial - low view

Finished Memorial - top view

Finished Memorial - Front View

Inspiration for the design '55 Willy's Jeep. See the steps in creating this memorial in the next slides.

Finished Memorial - Back View

Monument Front Layout - Step 1

To the blank front of the stone the stencil is laid out and stuck to the stone removing any areas wanted to be made into Panels or Designs.

Monument Front Layout - Step 2

With the Panels and Design areas created glue is applied to these areas so the stencil can be stuck back to the stone for further engraving.

Monument Front Layout - Step 3

With the stencil back in place the stone is ready to be engraved with the lettering and lines.

Monument Front Layout - Step 4

Once the lettering and lines have been sandblasted to depth the stencil is removed from the center to create the flutes. Doing this engraving in two steps allows control of the depth from the lines and letters to the flutes so neither goes too deep.

Monument Front Layout - Step 5

Now the flutes are shaped into the stone and all the letters and lines are cut in they are ready to be highlighted or painted.

Monument Front Layout - Step 5

Side view to see depth and shape of flutes.

Monument Front Layout - Step 6

Gray Shadow Highlight Paint is sprayed into the lines letters and flutes to help them show up and stand out.

Monument Front Layout - Step 7

After paint, all the stencil is removed from the stone and the memorial is complete.

Finished Memorial - Side View

Finished Memorial - Side View 2

Finished Memorial - Side/Top View

Monument Back Layout - Step 1

To the blank back of the stone the stencil for the lettering is laid out and stuck down with remaining area taped off for protection.

Monument Back Layout - Step 2

To create the Panels for the engraving the stencil is removed from the entire area that will become a Panel - sandblast and steel-shot are used to create the new finished texture.