Upright Headstones
A traditional vertical monument with room for inscriptions, portraits, and personal artwork.
Serving San Jose families since 2009
Custom Headstones in San Jose, Designed Around a Life Well Lived
Create a lasting granite memorial with patient, personal guidance from a local San Jose monument shop. Choose the monument style, granite, inscription language, portrait, artwork, and cultural details that best reflect the person your family is honoring.
Serving San Jose and Bay Area families since 2009 · All faiths and multiple languages welcome · 26 San Jose Avenue · Monday–Friday, 10 AM–5 PM · Weekends by appointment
Why families choose SBK Monument Shop
Local Experience
Serving San Jose and Bay Area families with patient, personal guidance.
Many Ways to Personalize
Choose from a wide range of granite colors and memorial styles.
See the Design Before Production
Review the inscription, portrait, artwork, and layout before production begins.
Cemetery Guidance Included
Get help with size limits, layout requirements, and paperwork.
Personalized memorials
A memorial can start with a simple idea.
Bring a photograph, a name, cemetery information, or even just an idea. We can help you compare the options without expecting you to have everything decided first.
Explore monument styles, granite colors, portraits, inscriptions, and meaningful design details at a pace that feels comfortable for your family.
See finished memorials
How it works
A simple place to start
You do not need every detail figured out before contacting us. Start with what you know, and we can help you compare the options.
We can help you compare monument styles, granite colors, inscriptions, portraits, artwork, and the information you already have from the cemetery.
Start with a conversationShare the name, cemetery information, photographs, or ideas you already have.
Explore the detailsCompare monument styles, granite colors, inscriptions, portraits, and meaningful design details.
Review the next stepsTalk through the memorial details and what comes next before deciding how you would like to move forward.
Popular monument styles
Start with a few common memorial options
See three popular starting points here, then compare the full range of monument styles when you are ready.
Double Monuments
A companion memorial designed to honor two loved ones with coordinated inscriptions and design.
Custom Memorials
Unique shapes, cultural motifs, and one-of-a-kind designs created around an individual story.
Granite selection
Four colors to start with
Preview a few distinctive granite options here, then explore all 12 colors or see available samples at our San Jose shop.
Blue Pearl
Deep blue-grey with an iridescent mineral shimmer that gives upright monuments a distinctive presence.
Emerald Pearl
Rich dark green with luminous pearl-like movement for a striking, elegant memorial.
Tropical Green
Olive-green stone with warm brown and gold veining that brings natural warmth and character.
Tan Brown
An earthy brown base with dark mineral crystals for a grounded, timeless appearance.
Completed memorials
Memorials created for Bay Area families
Each piece reflects a real family, a real story, and the cemetery requirements that shape the final memorial.
Visit SBK in San Jose
You don’t need to have every detail figured out.
Tell us what you know so far. We can help you understand the memorial, granite, inscription, portrait, and design options from there.
SBK Monument Shop
26 San Jose AvenueSan Jose, CA 95125
Monday–Friday
10 AM–5 PM
Weekends by appointment
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