How Do I Choose the Right Memorial Company for MY Needs?
Losing a loved one is the hardest thing most people will experience.
All of us want to be remembered and want the same for special ones in our life. Creating a permanent headstone or memorial can do just that! Memorial headstones preserve family history and heritage for generations! There are many ways to personalize and make the stand out. Each family is different and so are their needs. Finding a memorialist to care for those needs shouldn't be difficult. A memorial headstone is valuable. Your family deserves the peace of mind and confidence having a permanent marker provides. By finding a compassionate memorialist to help you, you will be able to avoid pain, receive a professional product, and personalize your memorial to keep the life and memory of your loved one
But what is important when finding a memorialist? A guaranteed memorialist should:
Be a member of a national association
Offer protection programs
Guarantee Customer Satisfaction
Why Should I Choose Glacier Monuments for my Memorial Needs?
- We guarantee you will not experience a "this is not the headstone I ordered!" moment when you go to the cemetery to view the headstone for the first time.
- Glacier Monuments is a member of the International Monument Builders of North America trade association
- The only Certified Memorialist in the State of Montana is available to help you at Glacier Monuments.
- Protect your memorial investment with our Vandal Protection Program service.
Family run business. Glacier Monuments has been a mother and son business for the last 30+ years. You are treated as part of our family.
Workers compensation insurance protects you rom any loss and lawsuits, giving your peace of mind, and preventing you from paying any workers comp penalties.
Independent Monument Company: you will not be working with a big, cold, impersonal, inhuman corporate machine.
Trained by Elberton Granite Association
All memorials are designed and engraved in Northern Montana. Local business supports the local economy; this means jobs and income for you and your family too.
Montana's only Certified Memorialist on staff. One of only 120 in the world.
Unique, personalized Memorial Designs: Aided with the most advanced memorial design computer programs, our design staff produces premium products. We offer each of our customers the opportunity to sit down with one of our designers and personally have a role as their memorial is designed. Personalize your memorial headstone more by adding family sayings, pictures, artwork, or nicknames. Customize the font style, the color of the granite, and overall layout. Once we have finished a design, customers receive a paper printout rendering to sign off on. Shortly after finishing a design, they will receive a full-scale color print in their mail . This eliminates any misunderstandings about size or other elements and gives you the chance to change any decision. Customers can stay up-to-date with the production process by receiving emails or a phone call updating them with the progress.
Trademarked Designs. Make your memorial stand out by adding in Shape Carved Artwork, Native American Art, Speciality Montana Art, a unique Rocky Mountain Top, or custom laser etching.
If you don't need a full granite memorial but would still like an option to represent your loved one's life, consider a bronze plaque.
Mother and son team, Carole and Ron Bealer, in their Kalispell showroom
Orville Bealer Art featured
What Families We Serve Say About Us
When we first saw the memorial on our Mom’s grave we thought “she would approve!” It reflects her. We like many things about the memorial. The shape reflected the mountains she grew up with and loved. We liked the Dakota Mahogany stone with its colors and the wonderful detail of the hummingbird and flowers with their brilliant colors! The font itself was very consistent with her fine hand as well. We feel that our mother’s memorial marker serves as a testament to the things that were intrinsically her by those who loved her and the many, many lives she’d touched with such positive caring attention.
We would recommend the team at Glacier Monuments. Ron & Carole are a fine team who translate caring attention to their clients. They gave helpful advice in design and the craftsmanship is superb!! They followed through to a very satisfactory conclusion with the replacement of our father’s foundation stone which tied nicely together with mom’s – it made the connection between our two loving parents.Before my dad passed away, we had discussed everything but a headstone. On a trip to Malta, I stopped to see my grandpa and great-grandpa’s stones when I realized we need to do something for Dad.
When I first saw the headstone for Dad I got teary: both happiness and a sense of sadness. The stone depicted who Dad was, but also, it was the final moment, very bittersweet. The stone told a story about Dad – His love of Montana, the trees, his cattle, and his horses, all these features I enjoyed the most.
Our family received such kindness, sincere caring, and absolute love. I will forever be grateful to Ron and Carole for everything they have done for my dad and our family. They went above and beyond for us. I truly do love them! If you want something that shows the love of Montana and who lived there, Ron and his mom, Carole, just get it.We looked at a few places and felt I was simply a customer to be dealt with. At Glacier Monuments, we sensed a genuine understanding of what we were experiencing as well as a desire to make this a family decision.
Both our headstone and fountain step plaque held so much symbolism for all of us. It was a deeply moving time seeing our suggestions come together in a lasting tribute. The workmanship and materials are elegantly executed for a beautiful display. We benefited from feeling family pride, peace of mind, and gaining pleasant memories during this process.
We would absolutely recommend Glacier Monuments to our friends and family; we always felt like we were a priority. The care and concern received are priceless.
There was no pressure of any kind. The patience displayed as the family shared various desires was amazing.
We would like to express a feeling of sincere gratitude to the mother and son team who reached out to so many in a difficult part of our lives.
From the moment my daughter and I visited the office, we were well taken care of. Choosing and designing a headstone is never an easy process and Ron and his mother/partner handled our situation with great sensitivity. They create beautiful and unique headstones as well as the more ordinary. They do their best to meet the desires and budget of their customers. We had numerous interactions on the phone, via e-mail and in person; all were handled professionally. I felt like we were their only customers when that was not the case at all.
We had a great experience that I hope to not have to repeat any time soon! I worked with Ron Bealer to design a special headstone for my parents' graves. He has amazing design skills and was really easy to work with. He followed up with me multiple times to make sure that what his company would be creating met with my desires. I highly recommend this wonderful company.
