When their loved ones pass away, families look for ways to celebrate their lives, honor their memories, and pay respects. After you’ve planned a memorial service and secured a burial plot, deciding on a grave marker is the next step. Here are a few options to help you decide on a heartfelt and beautiful cemetery monument. 

What Types of Grave Markers Can You Create?

1. Flush 

Also known as grass markers, flush grave markers sit flat on the ground at the head of the grave. This simple, small, and elegant remembrance plaque keeps the focus on the engraving. Upkeep is also minimal, as you won’t have to worry about inclement weather knocking the monument over. 

2. Ledger

Like a flush grave marker, this option is level with the ground. However, a ledger is a thick slab of stone that covers the entire area of the grave. This greater surface area allows you to engrave additional details about your loved one’s life, a longer epitaph, or religious text with symbolic meaning to your family.

3. Tablet Stone

These are upright gravestones. Depending on the cemetery’s regulations on appropriate size and shape, you have the flexibility to create a truly unique remembrance marker. For example, you can make the memorial using a range of materials and create rounded or rectangular tops. You can further customize it with engravings, epitaphs, and even imagery. 

4. Slant or Bevel

A slant marker, also known as a pillow stone, is roughly 18 inches in height. This grave marker will sit flat on the ground, but the stone is angled back to create a wedge.

Bevel markers are also wedge-shaped. However, they are traditionally lower and thicker. Both options create upright markers, making the memorial easier to see from a distance. 

If you’re looking for a quality, custom-made grave marker to celebrate your loved one’s time on Earth, Derrick Monument Company Inc will help. Since 1915, residents throughout New York have depended on them for beautiful craftsmanship, compassion, and unparalleled customer service. To discuss your headstone or grave marker needs, call today at (585) 768-8470 to connect with a compassionate member of their staff. To view examples of their elegant, personalized work, visit their website.