OUR MISSION
Custom Design Monuments has been in business for over 40 years. We are 2nd generation family owned & operated. Our main showroom is located at the intersection of Routes 422 and 268 in West Kittanning.
Our company represents honesty, dedication, and most importantly pride. We strive to bring individuality, affordability and the best possible service to you and your family during this extremely difficult time.
Our goal is to provide your family with a quality, affordable memorial which will express your loved one’s legacy, and suit your cemetery site.
The selection of a cemetery marker can bring you and your family a great deal of pride and satisfaction when done with proper care and counsel.
You will find our staff exceptionally kind, considerate and knowledgeable in helping your family. Our skilled craftsman can generate a computer image to show how your memorial will look when it is placed in the cemetery.
Let us share our long experience and ethical record in the monument industry with you.
We offer both domestic and import granite. A question that is most important to ask when placing your order. We guarantee our work, if you are not happy we will do everything we can to correct it so that you are.
Our craftsman are local to the area and they pride themselves on productivity, quality, and they get your memorial placed in a timely fashion.
"When you do it right the first time you never have to go back the second time, so do it right" Tim Stennett
We do everything from start to finish, when you leave our shop you are entrusting us to order your memorial (if we do not stock it) order the cemetery required foundation, blast the memorial and set the memorial. We do all work in house we are the only shop locally that does all work ON SITE.
PREPLANNING Q&A
When it comes to
planning for your future, prearranging your final arrangements is one of the
most considerate and practical plans you can make. Not only do you relieve your
family of emotional and financial stress during their time of grief; you are
able to make choices with which you are comfortable. In addition, you are able
to choose from a larger variety of available options and locations without the
pressure of time constraints.
There are, however,
many important factors to consider when deciding to preplan. At Custom Design
Monuments, memorial
advisors will be happy and able to answer all your questions directly and
clearly.
QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER WHEN PURCHASING A MEMORIAL
Why should I preplan a memorialization?
You probably have already taken
steps to prepare for a death in the family by making a will and taking out a
life insurance policy. Preplanning your memorialization is simply the next step
to completing your plans. By preplanning, you are making the wise decision to
ensure that all of the emotional and financial details are in order for your
burial. You relieve your family of a difficult decision in their time of grief
and save a substantial amount of money by taking advantage of today’s prices.
What does preplanning involve?
Preplanning allows you to arrange
and pay for burial needs in advance, providing you with the opportunity to make
the choices that are right for you. You make the important decision regarding
traditional burial, above ground entombment or cremation. You choose the
location. And you can control the cost, spending as much or as little as you
deem necessary.
Will preplanning really make it easier on
my family?
Definitely! Your family will not
be faced with the uncertainty of whether or not they are carrying out your
wishes. Preplanning also helps avoid “emotional overspending,” an expensive
situation many families face when they need to make immediate decisions at a
highly stressful time.
Why is it important to have a memorial in
a cemetery?
A memorial serves as a tribute, honoring past generations,
acknowledging history and remembering one’s life and passing. We believe that
it’s vital to provide a permanent tribute so that future generations may
remember our ancestors who have passed on and reflect upon our history.
I’m planning on cremation. Do I still need
a burial plan?
Cremation is a popular choice for
its simplicity, dignity and affordability. Yet there are still many decisions.
Cremated remains may be placed in a traditional burial plot or above ground in
a mausoleum niche.
Isn’t a memorial something my family is supposed to take
care of? Should it really be up to me to decide?
A memorial is a personal
reflection of one’s life. Preplanning gives you and your family the time to
think about and discuss the memorialization that will be most meaningful, to ensure that their legacy will live on and provide peace to family members who visit the site.
Monuments
Choose a monument that reflects the life of your loved one and have it customized to suit your unique requests.
Eternal Lights & Vases
A unique way to cherish your life or your loved on is through the beautiful eternal lights that light the way of a resting place.
Bench Memorials & More
Choose from a variety of memorials including bench monuments, slanted, bronze, specialty memorials and more.
Comments
Hi, Jennifer.
I just wanted to let you know how very pleased I am with my husband's grave marker that was placed on Friday.
It is perfect and my husband would have loved it as well! Both of my children are extremely pleased with the stone too!
Again, thank you so much for making this part of my husband's passing so smooth and easy. I will definitely recommend your business to my family and friends!
Thanks again,
Deb Young
Thank you so very much for your kindness & helpfulness in getting my Aunt & Uncle's stone reset & the lettering redone. (DOLMOVICH) @ St. Mary Cemetery-Ford City. It was a pleasure working with you Cathy.
I just wanted to say thank you all for the help with my family's stone. It is beautiful.
Date:2018-06-26
Beautiful work, in a timely fashion, compassionate caring people to work with !! My family has always trusted custom design monuments. I highly recommend them for your needs also !!
Jennifer, Just want to say how pleased we are with your prompt service regarding our mother's marker. You handled all the details and had the job completed the same day. I can't imagine how anyone else could provide better service! I would highly recommend you to others.
jen, can't say enough about your prompt services with my wife's headstone everything was so beautiful and how caring all your staff has been since sue passed away. when I go to visit her at the monongahela cemetery my eyes see the the most beautiful headstone there I cry of joy and sadness about her passing away. I highly recommend others to use your services. thank you so much. mickey guzanick
Dear Cathy,
Thank you for your help. I have been telling people to come and see you for their headstones. You were very kind to my daughter and myself.
Bless You
Carole Ann Nolder
A little in posting but you guys do awesome work...I took them a picture of my dad's farm for his head stone...when I saw the finished product it brought me to tears..thank you so much awesome job
Cathy,
I cannot thank you enough for your wonderful service and the quickness at which you have responded and helped with such a beautiful product! Your kindness and the workmanship of the product is heart-touching. "Thank you" is not sufficient.
My parents monument is beautiful. My mother is very pleased with it. Thank you for making our choice very easy.
Thank you for repairing the Cogley monument. I was told you did a very nice job. Sincerely, Betty
We loved how our stone turned out. Thank you for the effort you took with us. We deeply appreciate it. Also, thanks to the person who did the etching that couple looks like us. Sincerely, Carol
Cathy, thank you for the engraving of Betty's headstone. Our plans were delayed due to virus, but as soon as this is resolved we will bring her home to enter. We appreciate your kindness. Take good care. Mendell & Pam Reitler
You did a wonderful job on the stone my my son Sean, it turned out beautiful. Thank you!
My baby’s headstone was set today and I couldn’t be more thankful! I want to send out the biggest thank you ever to my brother Andrew Johnson, my sister Jen Stennett-Johnson and Custom Design Monuments Inc, for such amazing work! It turned out more perfect and beautiful than I had even imagined, thank you! ❤️
Please visit Custom Design Monuments Inc if you are looking for a professional, compassionate, hardworking team to take care of you and your families needs during times of loss, they will take great care of you! During the hardest of times they will make this step easy, they listen and they genuinely care!
It’s so hard to believe that it’s been seven months today since I got to hear your amazing laugh, to see your beautiful smile, or to hold you in my arms! I know that you are in good hands with the Good Lord and you’ll remain in my heart forever! I love you always and forever, you hold my heart
Thank You! Awesome Job!
What Our Customers Are Saying
Beautiful work, in a timely fashion, compassionate caring people to work with !!― Heather in Kittanning, PA
My family has always trusted custom design monuments. I highly recommend them for your needs also !!
Dear Jennifer and to all of those at Custom Design Monuments:
I can’t thank you enough for the beautiful stone that you had designed for my fiancée, Richard J. McCullough and placed at Belknap Cemetery last week.
Being in the cemetery business myself, I know how first-hand how important it is to create these memorializations not only to pay tribute to our loved ones but to help facilitate in our grieving process.
When I drove to the cemetery and saw that memorial for the first time, I dropped to my knees and cried and could not stop crying. Not only is that just a tombstone, it captures him and everything about him he treasured including the color of the stone (black granite), the truck, the bulldogs, the number “102” on the truck and the angel.
You know when your customers cry when they see your final product you know you went over and above in satisfying your customers.
I will be truly grateful to your company for this memorial and would be honored to recommend you to anyone who is need of your services.
Thank you again and again…..
Sue Schwenk