• Visiting a burial monument can bring solace in a time of mourning.altrendo images/Stockbyte/Getty Images
  
  Gabriel Pelaggi Monuments Inc. is a company in New Jersey that cuts the stone for, designs and engraves burial site markers. They offer a wide array of products and even service existing markers. They have offices in both Dover and East Hanover. The company has been doing business since 1985. However, the family's legacy of stone cutting and carving dates back to the 1940s, when Gabriel's grandfather worked in his native Italy.
  
  

Monuments

• Pelaggi's burial site monuments are constructed out of stones that are cut by the company. The company offers stones in a variety of colors including shades of red, blue, gray and black. Monuments can vary in size, but tend to be larger works that stand erect above a burial plot. The company offers monuments that have etched images in the face of the stone or images that are carved directly into the stone. There are preset monuments available, but special designs and inscriptions are also available. The company can also do stone monuments for occasions other than funerals; their website showcases a monument for the Piscataway Township Fire Department.
  
  

Stone Markers

• The stone markers constructed by Pelaggi Monuments are slightly more humble, as well as reasonably priced. These stone markers are offered in the similar range of hues as the monuments. However, stone markers tend to be smaller, formed out of one piece of rock, with a slanted face that opens upward from the ground. They also offer a line of stone markers that lie flat at the head of the burial plot. As with the monuments, both etchings and carvings are available.
  
  

Bronze Markers

• For those cemeteries that place restrictions on the burial site markers, Pelaggi Monuments also offers burial plot markers constructed of bronze. Bronze forms a patina that protects the metal from oxidation below the surface. The company has several bronze choices to fit the requirements of any cemetery.
  
  

Burial Marker Services

• Gabriel Pelaggi Monuments Inc. offers services to burial markers along with the construction and design of them. Perhaps the most important is their placing service. Upon completion, they offer transportation of the marker and placement at the specified site. Another service they offer is acid washing of existing markers. As older monuments and markers become faded and weathered, they will require upkeep. Pelaggi's staff includes individuals trained in the upkeep of older stone burial markers.