Memorials & Monumental Services

Strong Memorials, a division of Jones & Company, offers a comprehensive service to meet families’ needs with everlasting memorials for their loved ones. We are proud members of the NZMMMA (New Zealand Master Monumental Masons Association) adhering to a high standard of workmanship and code of ethics.

WHY COMMEMORATE?

Traditionally a memorial is erected after burial. Today many families are choosing to erect memorials after cremation. Regardless of burial or cremation, human emotions are the same and feelings no less intense.

A memorial can be a most positive aid in the grieving process and provide an important focal point to visit, remember and place floral tributes.

GRANITE MEMORIALS

Granite memorials are a popular choice because of their durable qualities. They can be in the form of a headstone or a plaque. Headstone shapes can be customised to suit families’ requests or there are many traditional shapes to choose from.

Sizes can vary depending on budget, family preference, and cemetery guidelines. An advantage with granite is that an additional inscription can be added at a later date.

Granite comes in various colours - Grey, Black, Green, Blue Pearl, Red and more. Granite memorials can have polished smooth finish or edges can have a rough-rock look.

INSCRIPTION

The most common methods of inscription are:

Incised - the letter itself is blasted into the granite with the recess then being painted.

Embossed - is the opposite, the area surrounding the letter is blasted out.

There are many styles of lettering available and examples can be provided. Some common styles are Times Roman, Arial, Garamond and Goudy Italics.

Inscriptions can be painted any colour, however white enamel or gold leaf are most commonly chosen.

Various borders can be used such as a plain line border or book design border.

All types of artwork can be added to compliment the stone; popular choices are roses, crosses and angels.

BRONZE PLAQUES

Bronze plaques are another very popular memorial option. Many different designs are available. Some designs incorporate the option of replacing a section of the plaque at a later date for a second person’s inscription.

Bronze plaques are especially suitable for Wall and Ashes Berm applications due to ease of mounting and installation to almost any surface.

Inscriptions are set on a computer allowing a variety of letter styles and sizes. Motifs may be included. Manufactured in solid bronze with double lacquer protection, provides years of enduring lustre.

CERAMIC PHOTOS

Ceramic photos are becoming more and more popular. They come in many different shapes and sizes and backgrounds and borders can be chosen to suit.

Photos can be digitally enhanced if necessary. Ceramic photos are very durable and a great addition to any headstone or plaque.

PERMANITE MEMORIALS

Permanite plaques are made of a high strength porcelain with a photographic image. They are extremely long lasting, and can be adhered to any granite or rock style memorial.

Permanite plaques incorporate a choice of coloured backgrounds or a coloured photo of a scene ie - a beach; farm; garden; native bush - and digitally combined with a portrait photo and chosen wording, thus creating a visually unique memorial. for examples view website.: www.permanite.net

Please don’t hesitate to contact our memorial specialist with any questions you may have regarding memorial options. We provide no obligation quotes and computerised inscription layouts.

Appointments can be made at a time to suit you at either of our showrooms at Mount Maunganui or Te Puke, or at your own home.

We are happy to help.

PLAQUE

Granite or Bronze plaques are usually used as ashes memorials. Pyes Pa Memorial Park Cemetery has several areas available for ashes plaques. There is the popular Rose Garden, Native Section or Kauri Tree Section. The plots in these areas can accommodate two sets of ashes.

New Te Puke Cemetery has a Wall of Remembrance. Some ashes can be interred in the wall and a small granite plaque placed over top.

It is also quite common for families to purchase ashes plots but not inter ashes - just to mark the plot with a plaque as a focal point. Ashes may have already been scattered somewhere special to the family or placed in an urn and kept at home.

RECUMBENT DESK

Recumbent Desks come in many different sizes and are used to mark ashes plots or burial plots.

Some Traditional Headstone Designs

There are many designs of headstone to choose from for ashes or burial plots. They come in many shapes and sizes and can be custom designed if required.

Camber Top	Wave Top
Saddle Top	Book Design