Headstones & Monuments in Indio
For over 45 years, Oaktree Engraving & Monuments has provided custom headstone service in Indio and the surrounding region. We are a compassionate family-owned and operated headstone provider with quality craftsmanship and top-notch customer service.
You should work with Oaktree Engraving & Monuments to get custom headstones at affordable prices. One of our team members can help you choose the headstone material, color, shape, and size. We offer custom engraved headstone designs, etchings, and porcelain plaques.
Headstone Materials
Cemetery headstones come in different materials. The most common grave marker material is stone, but there are metal grave markers, too.
Granite headstones are durable and have a traditional look. Oaktree Engraving & Monuments offers customers granite headstone options as well as bronze headstone options.
Headstone Colors
Local headstone companies may only offer a few different color choices. Oaktree Engraving & Monuments offers over ten different granite color options. When you choose a unique color, you will be able to easily identify the gravesite you are looking for. You can choose granite in shades of blue, green, red, black, and gray.
Headstone Shapes
Headstones come in two styles and several shapes. The two styles of custom headstones are in-ground headstones and upright headstones. In-ground custom headstones in Indio are usually rectangular but can be custom cut in other shapes.
Upright memorial headstones are built with two pieces. There is the base piece and the die. Bases are rectangular but the die comes in several different shapes. Standard upright shapes are slant, rectangular, square, oval, or teardrop. Edges of the die can be squared off, rounded, or left rocky and unfinished.
Specialty shapes include hearts, crosses, obelisks, double grave headstones, and more. Our custom grave marker service in Indio allows customers to order standard shapes or a custom-cut headstone shape.
Headstone Sizes
As your headstone provider, we can provide you with pre-cut, standard-size cemetery headstones. Oaktree Engraving & Monuments also custom cuts headstone designs in different sizes so you get exactly what you want.
Upright headstones vary in size depending on which shape you choose. It is common to order a headstone that is 20” to 30” long and 20” to 48” tall. In-ground headstones also vary in size. The most common size is a 24” by 12” stone; however, different dimensions are available.
The size of the headstone needed will depend on what you want your headstone company to engrave on the face of the headstone.
Headstone Designs
Our headstone service will help you decide what to have engraved on the grave marker. Basic headstone inscriptions usually include the name, birth date, and death date of the deceased. It’s possible to have your headstone provider engrave additional designs, words, and phrases on the headstone.
At Oaktree Engraving & Monuments’ headstone service, we suggest having a meaningful epitaph engraved on the headstone’s face. Your loved one’s epitaph should include words and phrases on how your loved one will be remembered.
Engravings
Our graver marker service near you can engrave words and phrases that make each headstone personalized and unique. Here are some examples of our custom engravings:
Quotes & Sayings
- Bible verse, religious passage, or prayer
- Song lyric or famous quote
- Beloved saying or phrase
Personal Roles
- Military roles (veteran status, honors, branch of service)
- Life roles (father, mother, son, daughter, etc.)
- Career roles (pilot, dentist, elected official, etc.)
Etchings
Oaktree Engraving & Monuments also provides headstone etchings. Headstone etchings don’t cut as deep in the stone as an engraving does. Etchings can provide more detail than engravings. Here are some examples of etchings we have done on grave markers:
- Handprints or footprints
- Portrait with or without added angel wings
- Icons of favorite things (animals, interests, etc)
- Mountain or forest landscape
- Ocean or lake landscape
- Religious images or scene
Porcelain Pictures
Porcelain pictures are plaques that can be added to grave markers. To make the plaque, we take a copy of the picture and print it on ceramic tile with fade-resistant ink. You can choose a color picture or a black and white picture. For the best results, you should choose a high-resolution image that is clear.
Headstone Additions
Some people choose to add decorations to the base of the headstone. The most common addition is a vase or potted plant holder. These additions allow visitors to have a place to put flowers or plants when they visit the gravesite. A custom statue can also be made to sit at the base of the headstone. These decorations provide the gravesite with added beauty.
Indio Monument Services
Oaktree Engraving & Monuments designs and creates monument headstones and memorial monuments for public and private display.
You can order a monument for private display, like a statue or bench. Our Indio headstone monument service has worked with city departments to create monuments for public display.
Look no further than Oaktree Engraving & Monuments if you’re searching for a local headstone company near you for help with a private monument or monument headstone.
For Indio Grave Marker Service Choose Oaktree Engraving & Monuments
When you need a custom headstone in Indio or the surrounding area, choose Oaktree Engraving & Monuments. We have created custom grave markers since 1976.
Our Indio headstone service helps you get a custom grave marker that honors your loved one at an affordable price. Our caring and compassionate customer service team will answer questions you have from design to creation to gravesite placement. Contact us today for a consultation to order a custom headstone.