Companion Monuments

Today, companion memorials are the most frequently placed memorial tributes in American cemeteries. 

Sizes and styles may be controlled by cemetery regulations, although most cemeteries are encouraging upright memorialization, allowing families to convey their love and remembrance when planning a memorial tribute for loved ones. Spanning two grave sites, these monuments may be designed to reflect family values, a profession, a love of life, etc. Designs are only limited by one's imagination.

Morgan

Mrs. Morgan loved the color red and was quite a polished, nice schoolteacher. Mr. Morgan is a little rough around the edges, down-to-earth, and rather plain. The keystone functions as a bench and also shows the couple were a part of each other (notice the reversal of colors). Attached are their replicated belt buckles. An open book with the names of her children engraved on one page and a bronze copy of his cowboy boot that doubles as a flower vase complete this unique memorial.

Taub:

Mr. Taub was the lead violinist in his city’s symphony orchestra. Using Mr. Taub’s Stradivarius violin as the model for the bronze sculpture atop the memorial’s center tablet and the selection of Romantica Red granite pleased Mrs. Taub. Sounds emit from the strings when touched.

RAPP

Mrs. Rapp’s wish for flowers to be on her grave site led to a design around a unique shaped flower vase. The patterned back ground represents her love for quilting and symbolizes her caring generous spirit as she quilted blankets for nursing home residents. The bronze bird was used to express her love for birds without making it the main theme of the memorial.

FERGUSON

The angel’s outstretched arm, with the rose in hand, expresses a feeling of comfort to the widow of two young children as they sit on a sofa type bench. This custom memorial is a tribute to a loving husband and father.

Stockhouse

The Stockhouse monument was built to enhance the full-sized bronze Christus statue. The selection of the rose colored granite with a gray granite base stone, using different finishes, the bronze cross and rose attachment, and distinguished bronze letters complete this beautiful memorial.

Beaupre

Pat Beaupre liked the idea of having each individual tablet symbolize her husband and herself. The larger one for him and the smaller one for her. Joining the two tablets is a circular center piece linking them together in life by their marriage. The roses, a symbol of their love, complete this unique memorial.