It takes a steady hand and an artistic mind to build, create, and design our customers’ visions. We offer our professionalism in design to help with decisions. Old ways, such as using a hammer with a chisel for example, are still used to achieve a distinct look to the granite. High pressure sand blasting, grinders, and laser imaging technology are some of the other ways our stonework is created. We work with imported and domestic granites, marble, slate, and sometimes fieldstone. We offer on-site lettering on a variety of materials. During the spring and summer months we are at the busiest, mainly because the weather plays such an imperative part in production capabilities, including cemetery restoration services.
John Collette inspects polished block
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Luc Collette, left, and his brother John clear the way for the next two monuments at Veterans Memorial Park in Lewiston on Wednesday. The 18th stone, like the others, will feature names of those who have served or are serving in the armed forces. The 18th stone will be dedicated on Nov. 11, Veterans Day. The 19th will be dedicated on Memorial Day, 2010. Luc and John are the third generation of Collettes to work for the family business, Collette Monuments in Lewiston. Their grandfather, World War II veteran Roland Collette, started the company and has a bench named in his honor at the park.
Bruce Collette, left, and Bill Soucy turn the soldier on top of the Civil War monument in Kennedy Park so that it faces Lewiston City Hall on Thursday. To see a video of the monument being turned, go to sunjournal.com.
Don Collette preparing the headstone
Luc Collette standing with quarried granite blocks