Glossary of Terms & Shapes

Mausoleum crypts are available for above-ground burial in climate-controlled or outside garden buildings. Early church history tells us the first mausoleum was built in 353 BC for King Mausolus, from whose name the word "mausoleum" was derived.

Ins a stone- chambered above-ground burial vault.

Cremation is the reduction of the body of a deceased person to recoverable bone fragments through a process that combines intense heat and evaporation. After cooling the fragments are pulverized. These fragments usually weigh 4-10 pounds.

A vase containing the cremains of a loved one.

A foundation is an in-ground block of concrete to help keep your memorial leveled.

The laser can engrave 200 times per square inch instantaneously on the granite operated by a computer from a design file.

Roughen or clean (a granite surface) with a jet of sand driven by compressed air or steam.

A marker to distinguish your loved one's grave plot before the permanent monument is set in place.