Various Types & Uses of Headstones & Memorial Plaques

1. Various Types & Uses of Headstones & Memorial Plaques Phone: (204) 633-5053 | 1-866-755-5401 Fax: (204) 694-7137 info@larsensmemorials.com

2. • Headstones and monument plaques are used to memorialize the life and passing of a loved one. While both types of memorial are used in the cemetery putting to mark a funeral location, plaques can be suitable for other purposes. When choosing a memorial, you first must determine the limitation or requirements urged by the cemetery or other governing bodies to ensure that your selection is good enough.

3. Types and Uses of Headstones: • Headstones were originally large slabs of stone that covered a complete grave, sealing it safely from the component and maintaining a deceased's burial location. Nowadays, gravestones and headstones are similar terms used to mention to engrave grave markers. A gravestone may be parallel and either flush with the floor or set up a few inches, or it may be upstanding and upright, slop or beveled. Other probabilities include triptych or slab style markers, pillar or even memorial stone benches. Generally, when people refer to headstones, they mean some type of an upright monument. Especially these memorials are engraved with the deceased's name, birth and death dates and possibly quotes, scriptures or other meaningful sentiments.

4. Types and Uses of Memorial Plaques • Memorial plaques, when used to mark a burial site, are flush with the floor. They may be incised stone or stone with a bronze plaque go up on top. Plaques also may be used to memorialize a cremation site or to spot an above-ground basement. Monument plaques have other uses as well, involving to benefit as a favor for the family or as a public monument. Family members may integrate a loved one's plaque in a memorial garden, for example, or install it in some different place of honor. This kind of memorial can reach from a small medallion to a large marker. The plaque is typically customized with the very same type of information found on an incise headstone.

5. • Larsen’s Memorials is one of the best company for making a unique memorial in Winnipeg. We have created and installed the highest quality memorials and granite works in the Winnipeg area and the surrounding region for over a century. • The most effectual way to ensure that your headstone or memorial plaque adhere to the graveyard's requirements is to use the services of a local memorial company rather than a remote service. When you set out to commemorate the life of a loved one, custom fix headstones and memorial plaques are always favorable prompt. • Visit the older sections of a cemetery and it is obvious how properly lettered monuments remain prominent and easy to read.

7. • Larsen’s Memorials is one of the best company for memorial monuments in Winnipeg. We have created and installed the highest quality memorials and granite works in the Winnipeg area and surrounding region for over a century. 1801 Notre Dame Ave, Winnipeg MB, R3E 3E5 • Our staff's experience in helping choose the proper memorial to appropriately honour your loved one, together with Larsen's ever-lasting commitment to customer satisfaction has earned the trust of generations of local families. (204) 633-5053 | 1-866- 755-5401 Fax: (204) 694-7137  Visit our showroom at 1801 Notre Dame Avenue or you can also visit us online - www.larsensmemorials.com or call - 1-866-755- 5401 | (204) 633-5053. info@larsensmemorials.c om