When shopping for grave monuments during the funeral pre-planning process, many people are unfamiliar with their options. Companion monuments are one beautiful choice for a grave marker, meant to memorialize the lives of a couple. Read below for a little more information about companion monuments and why you might want one.

What Are Companion Monuments?

Composed of a single stone with two separate areas for inscriptions, these larger stones can be installed well in advance without any inscriptions, when one spouse dies, or years after both partners have died to memorialize their love. Companion monuments can even be used if the deceased have chosen different kinds of memorial services. For example, if one of the partners is buried but the other is cremated, the stone can be placed over the original burial site used to house the casket and the urn of ashes.  

Why Might You Want One?

Companion monuments are a powerful symbol of the love a couple has for one another, which can be comforting for the surviving family members. Instead of visiting multiple graves independently, companion monuments give family members a single place to grieve the loss of their parents, friends, or family. Additionally, because companion monuments are larger than other kinds of gravestones, they can hold additional inscriptions, creating the perfect place to tell your love story or to make room for simple individual biographies.  

If you are beginning your estate planning process, meet with the professionals at Derrick Monument Company Inc. in Le Roy, NY, to talk about pre-need services. In addition to offering a wide range of monuments, they also offer on-site lettering, funeral urns, Veterans’ bronze attachments, eternal lights, and professional headstone cleaning and repair. For more information about their company, explore their website or call (585) 768-8470.