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Now Sowers has developed the sensitivity in his hands necessary to sandblast letters that are consistent in shape and size.Because he offers custom cutting and engraving, Fontana sells a variety of granite products in addition to monuments.Some of his more unusual jobs include 1,400 pound commemorative chairs for U.C. Berkeley's Hearst Greek Theatre that costs $30,000 each and a monument honoring the 50th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge.Currently, Fontana has been commissioned by a local veterans association to build a memorial for 50th Anniversary of the invasion of Normandy."The business is much larger now," said Fontana. "The commercial side has grown substantially while the memorial side is about the same."After working on headstones for countless families, Masnada said he has not thought about what kind of monument he wants for his own grave.He just laughed and said, "I don't think about death, I think about life."
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