"Carolyn,

Gary and I went to see the monument this weekend. It was very hard, as I knew it would be. I did not want to leave. The monument is absolutely BEAUTIFUL. It is in the back of the cemetery and I could stand at the entrance and see it. It stands out that much!

I am so satisfied. It was even better than I thought. Your artist is GREAT. She even has the Green Bay and Titan Emblems on the helmets. Amazing! I am so impressed. It looks like Dustin is fishing and watching the game at the same time!! I know Dustin is so proud. Thank you so much for your patience and help through this. I am completely satisfied.

Please tell your staff thank you very much for everything."

-Carol Puckett

Fairview, TN

 

"Mr. Wichman,

Just wanted to thank you for doing such a wonderful job on this last material piece we will ever buy for Levi. I have told several people how working with your company has meant to my husband and I. At a time of such crisis it was so refreshing to find a compassionate company willing to give us a lifetime of memories in one single stone. You and your staff took the time to speak with me over the phone and find out our favorite memories and then succeeded in compiling them into one long lived memorial.

So many have visited our son's gravesite and marveled at the headstone. Everyone remarks they have never seen anything like it. My husband and I are especially impressed with the way your artist captured our sons very essence in the sketch engraved on this stone!

Your staff has been professional and courteous through out the whole ordeal. They were so compassionate! I felt they even hurt with us over our loss.

I know if we need something of this kind again in the future. we will choose this company. I feel very fortunate to have found you on the website! Thank you very much!"

-Amy Vincent

Gunnison, CO

 

"Dear Fred,

I just wanted to thank you so much for all your help in creating the monument for my husband. Although the rough drawing I sent you was just that, a rough drawing, you worked with me until we had all of the details worked out. My children are thrilled with the fact that "Mom Designed it". This would have never been possible without your company.

It is really nice knowing that your company is so personal and friendly in a time that I needed it most. my children and I are very happy with the monument, and have received many compliments on how nice it looks. Thank you so much for your kindness and patience. You all are wonderful and your work is beautiful."

-Cheri Lewis

Edgewater, MD

 

"Dear Mr. Wichman,

The monument you recently installed for me at Walnut Grove Cemetery, Paris, MO is beautiful. Many people have viewed it and have been highly complimentary. My sons and I are very pleased with it. It was a pleasure doing business with you. You were courteous and helpful in our phone conversations. I am satisfied with the price. The men who installed it were courteous and informative. All you did for me is appreciated."

-Wanda Warbritton

Paris, MO

 

"Dear Mr. Wichman,

     I want to express our appreciation for being so helpful during this process. Your concern and caring attitude for our family was evident from the beginning. The result was a monument that our family can point to with great pride. We marvel at how striking it is when you round the corner in the cemetery and head to the grave site. It is no wonder that Wichman Monuments has been in business over 50 years! Your service was superb."

-Larry Carter

Tallahassee, FL

"Hello Fred

Because the monument arrived just before memorial day. It was not installed until yesterday.

While there are over 8000 internment's in the Mt. Vernon cemetery. None of the art work comes close to the one you and your crew crafted for Elizabeth and I. The art work on our monument is truly a masterpiece of the 21st century. Everyone that has looked at it has been impressed by the quality of the art work and the quality of the stone.

I was told that while it was sitting in the storage area at the monument company, a monument salesman took pictures of it to take back to his office in Washington.

If you have any customers in our area I will gladly show them the monument or email them photos.

Thanks for a job well done."

-Herman & Liz Kurth

Mt. Vernon, WA

Dear Mr. Wichman and Linda Carpenter and staff:

After much traveling, I have finally slowed down long enough to send you this email I promised.

We were so happy with the monument made by the company. It is absolutely the best in the cemetery! Its been a couple of months and my dates are all scattered but I believe the monument arrived around June 2 or 4 or something to New York. The horse on top of the Mahogany urn actually had my dad in it. I carried him through airports from LA to Atlanta to New Jersey to New York. The horse is a beautiful leather horse from our gift shop (on-line,catalog) and I had it mounted by a local carpentry shop since my dad was one of the first black cowboys and film producers back in the day. The photo you see on the side of the box is actually the photo discs that are made to be inlaid in monuments, I just had it affixed to the side of the box. At first we were going to keep him. You’d simply turn the box around when company came and no one would be the wiser.

Anyway, I arrived with Dad in tow and the caretakers took me to the plot with the monument, first saying it would be weeks before they could remove him and get the plaque laid -- well 2 $20 bills did the trick for one caretaker and he said go to lunch and when I returned dad was resting down in the plot, plaque mounted and granite in place within 1 hour!

That company was awesome - the letters are huge - everything was done correectly and I even got the nice border your sister picked out - we loved it and you made it all happen and all our relatives have dignity because of Wichman Monument.

Thank You so much for putting up with me and helping us do right by Grand and Great-Grand Parents.

Bless You
Charmaine Green Boyd
Gamel Greene Bowen

Dear Mr. Wichman,

My letter to you is long overdue. I feel that I’ve gotten to know you well enough over the past year that I can tell you what a special person you are.

You were willing from the first time I talked to you to help us find exactly what we were looking for in a Celtic cross monument. Your compassion and understanding of our situation showed in your professional handling of every detail. Despite errors beyond your control, you have been honest and apologetic. Our family is very, very pleased with the beautiful cross for our daughter and sister. As hard as it is to say this, I feel that our paths were meant to cross. You are a sweet and charming gentleman. I wish we lived closer so that I could thank you in person.

Please take care of yourself
With Best Wishes to you and your family.
Sincerely,
Theresa Miller

Dear Mr.Wichman,

I am the Custodian of the Memorial Garden at St. Anne’s Episcopal Church in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Buddy Garrett and I were working together in obtaining the Celtic Cross for our Garden, and I am just as pleased as he is over it’s beauty.

I understand Buddy has already sent you some pictures, and I am also sending you a few additional ones, via U. S. Mail, taken during the delivery.

I would also like to add a special thank you to the two gentlemen, Wayne Cuzzort and Brad Tinker, who delivered and erected the cross. They were very professional and accommodating and an asset to your company.

I would like to know if the inscriptions have any special meaning. If so, I would appreciate it if you would let me know what it is, or what the designs represent. We have had quite a few inquiries about this.

Again, thank you for doing a wonderful job.
Hogan Gaskins

Dear Carolyn and Fred -

Thank you so much for the photos. The Celtic Cross is absolutely magnificent - and the markers as well. Thank you so very much for working with me and creating a most fitting monument for our parents. It is beyond my expectations.
Thank you, thank you

Warmly - Pat Maguire and family

Dear Mr. Wichman:

I would like to take this opportunity to once again thank Wichman Monuments for the thorough and professional approach taken in completing a challenging task.

I live 3000 miles from my mother’s resting place, but through the caring assistance of your staff and the user—friendly design of your website. I was able to select an attractive monument design and customize it for a result I am sure my mother would have loved.

The installation of the monument went off without a hitch as well. I have received many compliments from family and friends on the very attractive monument, and was filled with joy and gratitude when I finally was able to see it in person.

I am grateful to the company for taking a project that could have been very stressful and making it very pleasant and satisfying.

Thanks once again,
Jeff deGraan

Dear Fred Wichman & Staff
The monument you helped us create for our daughter, Ashley Westberg, is absolutely beautiful! There simply are no words worthy to express our sincere Thank You to everyone at Wichman Monuments. Your staff's professionalism, encompassed with enormous amounts of compassion, and endless patience, helped us through an extremely difficult process. Wichman helped us capture our vision and channel our wonderful memories into a work of art that will forever represent Ashley's life.
Ashley loved green and your staff's selection of the light green granite stone, sprinkled with the burgundy flex, is breathtakingly beautiful and so perfect. We are so amazed at the color and elegance of the granite; simply a 'one-of-a-kind' that can be immediately seen from a distance in the Masonic Cemetery. Compliments have been amazing!
The art work and quality of the etching & cutting of the granite is top quality! Ashley's Angel Wings, created by one of her gymnasts and now included as part of the new Gym Magic logo, turned out absolutely perfect! The final design, both front and back of the stone, is a wonderful tribute, allowing Ashley's life to continue to shine and come alive in memory for all that visit her grave! "Getting it perfect" was your goal and we are forever grateful to you!
We are so thankful to have found Wichman Monuments via the Internet. Your website is wonderful! From the beginning, we felt Wichman would not only take care of our concern for the perfect monument, but would also take care of our heart and help to comfort our souls as well.
As Wichman provided our family with complete support, you too dealt with the tragic loss of an integral part of your Wichman Monument family, Carolyn Smith. A loss so tragic and unexpected for you, yet during this difficult time an unwavering thoughtfulness continued to flow from your heart to ours. Please know that you, and Carolyn, will always be in our heart and prayers.
Wichman Monuments, you went far beyond our expectations!
` The Westberg Family
Las Cruces, New Mexico

Dear Fred,
This is a long overdue letter of "thanks" for all your help in the purchase of the monument for our gravesite.
I have had a bit of time to look back at the Lord's involvement in leading us together at a very tragic time in my life. I very much appreciated your kindness, your personal attention, your patience with me. You were very faithful to follow up on each step of the process. I found that your design work was very articulate and professional in reflecting exactly what I was lead to accomplish in the purchase of this monument.
Every detail of design was accomplished in the finished product. Your installation crew was very professional and courteous as well.
Well done, Fred! I would recommend your firm to anyone without reservation.
Sincerely yours,

Philip M. Norris
Middletown, Ohio 45042

Dear Mr. Wichman,
The headstone has arrived and it is exactly what we wanted!
We'd like to Thank you, Carol and Trent on your compassionate and helpful service!
I know it is your business to deal with people in grief on a daily basis. But we really appreciate the fact that you ALL worked with us and listened patiently to our wishes and concerns.
Carol bent over backwards to make sure that she understood what we wanted and talked to you about getting the monument we envisioned, within our price range. Hang on to her!
Although Trent and I went back and forth a few times on the design. Eventually, we figured out that we were both talking about the same thing. He never lost patience with me either.
Thanks again for giving us a beautiful monument for our family and especially for our son. He would really like what you did!
Sincerely,
Vickie O'Connell & Family