Family-owned monument engraving since 1961. When you go, your grudges shouldn't have to.
Preview your grudge Browse the galleryMost headstones say "beloved" and leave it at that. Ours say what you actually spent forty years thinking about.
Three generations of stonemasons cut every letter by hand. Your complaint about the ladder deserves nothing less.
Charcoal, black, rose, gray, green, and mahogany. Pick the stone that matches the mood of the original incident.
Our Eternal Reading Plan sends a licensed Grievance Officer to read your grudges aloud at the grave once a year, so nobody gets comfortable.
You do the resenting. We handle the paperwork and the chisel.
Sit down with one of our archivists and get it all on record: the ladder, the thermostat, the thing your brother-in-law did. He knows what he did.
Grudges age. Some deepen, some get replaced by better ones. We interview you every year to keep your file current.
Work with our design team on granite color, typeface, ornaments, and whether the neighbor's full legal name fits on one line.
When the time comes, we carve your file exactly as registered. We don't soften the wording, we don't take edits from the family, and we certainly don't "let it go." Letting go is what the competition sells.
Type your grievance and see it the way the cemetery will. Engraving is billed at $4.50 per character, spaces included, because the chisel doesn't skip them.
Every package includes the stone, installation, and a notarized Certificate of Grievance for the family records.
Family plot? Multi-generational feud? Estate with more grudges than heirs?
Contact us for an Estate quote. Our record is one family, four stones, sixty-one years of material.
From the families we serve, and occasionally from the people named on the stones.
"Dad's stone lists the neighbor's ladder, the 1987 fishing trip, and me. He was right on all three counts. Beautiful lettering."
Doug R., son of a client"Mom pre-registered 41 grievances. The archivist gently talked her down to the twelve load-bearing ones. That kind of service is rare."
Patricia L., Stowe"We do the Eternal Reading every June. The officer reads the thermostat section with real feeling. Grandma would be furious, which is exactly what she wanted."
The Hendricks family"I returned that ladder in 2004. I have photos. I have a receipt for the replacement he made me buy anyway. Please call me back."
Gary T., named party"My wife and I got matching stones with our grudges about each other. The salesman called it the most honest marriage he'd ever seen."
Herb & Eleanor M., married 54 years"Four stars only because the footnote font was so small I had to kneel to read what Aunt Ruth said about my casserole. Which, fine. Point taken, Ruth."
Denise W., footnote subjectGrudge Granite was founded in 1961 by Aldo Passero, who wanted his own headstone to mention a specific card game. His grandchildren run the shop today and still won't say who won.
The Passeros have been carving Vermont granite for over sixty years. Each generation inherits the tools, the shop, and several open files.
The original "HE NEVER RETURNED MY LADDER" stone, placed in 1998, still gets visitors. Gary maintains his innocence. See the gallery for the full story.
Some clients need the back of the stone. Some need an appendix. One client in Rutland needed a bench. We don't judge, we measure.
For family plots, corporate accounts, and grudges that require site surveys. An archivist will reply within two business days.
