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M & W POLISHING CO.
Waldo Mugford
P.O. Box 521
Barre VT 05641
802-476-8340
MEMORIAL SANDBLAST CO.
Mike Pelkey
P.O. Box 582
Barre VT 05641
802-476-7086 FAX 802-476-7567
MONTPELIER GRANITE WORKS, INC.
8 Granite Street
Montpelier, VT 05602
Michelle Muretta Parker
TEL: 800-451-4513 or 802-223-2581
FAX: 802-223-0525
Founded in 1925 by Steve Mureta, Montpelier Granite Works, Inc., is now operated by his son, Joseph Mureta, his sons, Dan & Doug, and his daughters Lynda and Michelle.
Quality monuments are manufactured by the company in Barre Gray as well as many colored granites. Montpelier Granite is especially proud of its distinguished sandblast carving and lettering and hand carvings. Beautiful colored black and white etchings have become a popular attraction as well.
To stay competitive in today's market, Montpelier Granite has enhanced their production and customer service with computer drafting and stencil cutting.
NORTHEAST GRANITE COMPANY
Guy Edson, President
2 Granite St.
Montpelier, VT 05602
800-950-3066 / 802-223-3502
FAX 802-223-6610
gpedson@aol.com
PEERLESS GRANITE COMPANY, INC.
P.O. Box 313, South Front Street
Barre, VT 005641
Bret Mugford
TEL: 800-654-6069 or 802-476-3061
FAX: 802-476-3014
peerlessgranite@yahoo.com
The Mugford family purchased Peerless Granite Company, Inc., in 1986. The business is a prestigious granite company known throughout the nation for its beautiful cemetery memorials, its customized mausoleums, and its duplicate flat markers.
"Eternal Tribute Memorials", is the trade name associated with Peerless Granite Company. The company has a fine reputation for its beautiful monuments of memorial art with even the most complicated memorial design.
Bret Mugford, plant manager, oversees modern manufacturing methods to expedite the production process. Brice Mugford provides personalized customer service, sales, and market techniques.
PEPIN GRANITE COMPANY, INC.
P.O. Box 566, 33 1/2 Granite Street
Barre, VT 05641
John Pepin
TEL: 800-654-5420 or 802-476-5830
FAX: 802-476-5470 or 800-478-4718
Cyrias Pepin founded Pepin Granite Company , Inc. in 1954. Cyrias' son, Raymond, bought the company in 1962. For most of its first three decades, Pepin Granite Company specialized in slant markers and manufactured them in huge quantities.
When Raymond's son, Scott, joined the company in 1982, Pepin Granite Company began widening its product line to include large monuments and markers in Barre Gray and a variety of colors. "From a grass marker to a mausoleum, we can do it, " says Raymond.
Steady growth has been the blueprint for success at Pepin Granite Company.
RIVERTON MEMORIAL, INC.
P.O. Box 284, Route 12
Northfield Falls, VT 05664
Ernest Lavigne, Jr.
TEL: 800-643-8082 or 802-485-3371
FAX: 800-952-8268 or 802-485-6535
rivertonmemorial@trans-video.net
Riverton Memorial, Inc., manufactures fine memorials from a variety of granites. The company specializes in duplicate and shell-rock monuments and makes anything in granite.
Ernest Lavigne, Sr., founded the company in 1964. Ernie Lavigne, Jr., president, currently manages the granite company and is assisted by six other Lavigne family members.
SWENSON GRANITE COMPANY, LLC
P.O. Box 626
Barre, VT 05641
Bob Pope
TEL: 802-476-7021
FAX: 802-476-2251
Email: dhill@swensongranite.com
www.swensongranite.com
TOSI CUSTOM SANDBLAST CO.
Todd Tosi
Michael Gaydos
849 Darling Road
West Berlin, VT 05663
802-476-3851
FAX 802-476-3866
tosicustomsandblast@hotmail.com