This is a very good question. We tell our families to take time and walk around the cemetery and examine the many different sizes, colors and shapes of monuments available. Pay close attention to the craftsmanship and quality of the carvings, etchings, and lettering fonts available on each headstone. Understand that your memorial requires careful thought and planning.

There are several qualities you should look for when choosing a company for your memorial gravestone:

Your primary concern should be with how they treat you. If a company does not have your best interest at heart, they will pressure you into making a hasty decision or a decision based on price. A reputable company like Schneider Monument will never pressure you to make a decision with which you are not confident. We will always treat you with respect.

You will also want to look for a well-established company. You should feel comfortable knowing the company you are going to work with will be around for 10-20 years, and more, should anything happen to your memorial. Schneider Monument Company was established in 1935, serving families throughout Wisconsin for nearly a century!

Cremation is only a different method of preparing an individual for eternal rest. As cremation grows in popularity, we would still like to encourage you to consider a traditional memorial gravestone for your loved one. Traditional memorials provide an important place for you to maintain your connection to your loved one and your memories.

A cremation memorial can be a personal or family memorial located in a traditional cemetery setting. Even if the remains are not interred in the cemetery, the deceased's name can still be inscribed on a memorial and placed in the cemetery providing the family with a focus for their time of grieving and a place for future generations to visit.

Never purchase a monument or headstone from a brochure or online. Go to a location where they have a display. A local company has a stake in the community so your approval is their concern. An Internet company is only interested in your sale, they will not be there for setting, or any problems that arise in the future.

Compare, compare, compare! We can't stress this factor enough. Keep in mind that the same size and color of a headstone DOES NOT mean the same quality. Like diamonds that come from the Earth, there are many different grades of granite.

Schneider Monument has a complete manufacturing shop with an automated sandblasting booth and one booth for shape carvings. We take great pride in having the ability to create your story in stone at our own studio and installing the memorial gravestone that we create ourselves.