Slant Marker Designs

Gracefully Elevated, Eternally Remembered

Slant markers provide a timeless and respectful way to honor your loved one. Their slightly raised face offers higher visibility while maintaining a low-profile presence that blends harmoniously into the landscape. At Pattens Michigan Monument, we craft slant markers that speak with quiet dignity and lasting strength memorials that offer clarity, comfort, and a sense of peace for those who visit.

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36x10x16 Wausau Red Slant and Base
36x10x16 Missouri Red Full Face Slant on Base
30x10x16 Missouri Red Heart Slant
24x10x16 Royal Gray Heart Slant

A Beautiful Balance Between Simple and Substantial

Slant markers offer families an alternative to both flat markers and taller upright monuments. Their raised, angled face gives the memorial additional visual presence while maintaining a clean and relatively compact design.

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Single Slant Markers

Create a dignified individual memorial with enough surface area for names, dates, inscriptions, and personalized details.

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Companion Slant Markers

Honor two loved ones together with a shared design that represents their connection and life together.

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Granite Slant Markers

Choose from granite colors and finishes to create a memorial that complements the cemetery setting and your family’s preferences.

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Personalized Slant Designs

Incorporate artwork, symbols, meaningful inscriptions, and other details that make the memorial uniquely personal.

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Designed to Be Seen, Created to Be Remembered

A slant marker’s angled face naturally draws attention to the memorial’s most important details. Names can be displayed clearly. Meaningful inscriptions can be given space to breathe. Artwork and symbols can become part of a balanced composition.

Raised, Angled Design

The angled face provides a distinctive profile and a comfortable viewing angle for memorial details.

Personalized to Their Story

Choose meaningful lettering, artwork, symbols, and inscriptions that reflect the person being remembered.

Durable Granite Craftsmanship

Quality granite creates a beautiful and enduring memorial designed for long-term outdoor use.

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Personalize Every Part of the Design

A slant marker may have a defined shape, but there are many ways to make the finished memorial feel unique.

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Granite Colors & Finishes

Select a granite color and finish that creates the right appearance for the memorial and cemetery setting.

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Custom Lettering

Add names, dates, family names, verses, quotations, or personal messages using thoughtfully selected lettering.

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Engraved Artwork

Incorporate flowers, religious symbols, military emblems, portraits, landscapes, pets, or other meaningful imagery.

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Single & Companion Designs

Create a memorial for one individual or design a shared tribute for two loved ones.

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Find the Right Balance for Their Memorial

Choosing a memorial design involves finding the right combination of size, shape, personalization, and visual presence.

Design Guidance

Explore sizes, proportions, granite options, and personalization choices that fit your vision.

Meaningful Customization

Choose lettering, artwork, symbols, and inscriptions that reflect their life.

Experienced Craftsmanship

Rely on generations of monument-making experience to create a carefully finished memorial.

Why Choose a Slant Marker?

Slant markers can be an excellent choice for families looking for visibility, personalization, and a graceful low-profile design.

Easy-to-Read Angled Face

The raised face provides a natural viewing angle for names, inscriptions, and artwork.

Compact Yet Noticeable

Enjoy a stronger visual presence than a flat marker while maintaining a relatively modest profile.

Plenty of Personalization

Use granite, lettering, artwork, symbols, and inscriptions to create a meaningful tribute.

A Memorial Profile That Fits Naturally Into the Landscape

Slant markers offer a distinctive middle ground. They have more presence than a ground-level marker while remaining lower and more compact than a traditional upright monument.

Graceful in Form. Meaningful in Every Detail.

Create a memorial that feels appropriately visible without becoming overly imposing.

36x10x16 Missouri Red Full Face Slant on Base

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What Families Are Saying

Hear from the families who trusted us to create meaningful memorials with care, compassion, and lasting craftsmanship.

24x10x16 Royal Gray Heart Slant

Quality Craftsmanship Since 1917

Give Their Memory an Elegant, Lasting Presence

The right memorial doesn’t have to be the largest one in the cemetery. A carefully designed slant marker can provide a graceful balance of visibility, simplicity, and personalization.

Patten’s Michigan Monument Company combines quality granite with thoughtful design and experienced craftsmanship to create slant markers that honor loved ones beautifully.

Frequently Asked Questions

We’ve compiled answers to the most common questions families ask during this journey. You’ll find information about timelines, working with cemeteries, material choices, and more.

A slant marker is a granite memorial with a raised, angled face. The sloped surface provides space for names, inscriptions, artwork, and other personalized details while maintaining a relatively compact profile.

A flush marker sits essentially level with the ground, while a slant marker has a raised, angled face that gives it greater visibility and presence.

Both designs have an angled face, but their proportions and profiles differ. A slant marker generally has a more pronounced raised profile, while a bevel marker is typically lower and more compact.

Yes. Slant markers can include names, dates, inscriptions, artwork, religious symbols, military emblems, portraits, and other meaningful details.

Yes. Companion slant markers can be designed to honor spouses, partners, siblings, or other loved ones together.

Granite is a popular choice because of its natural beauty, durability, and ability to withstand outdoor cemetery conditions.

A Graceful Angle. A Lasting Tribute.

A slant marker provides a beautiful balance between understated simplicity and meaningful presence. Its angled face gives your loved one’s name, story, and personal details a place to be seen and remembered.