Also see the Petrigraphs page for additional
granite engravings.
Monuments Engraved:
1. Officer Jim Evans’ monument for Riverside Sheriffs Association.
Placement: Norco City Hall, Norco, California.
2. Councilman Bill Vaughan’s monument for the City of Norco. Placement:
Norco City Hall, Norco, California.
3. "Turning the Herd on Trobuco Mesa." Monument for Ford
Corporation. Placement: Ford, Lincoln, Mercury dealership, San Juan Capistrano,
California.
4. "Stage A’Commin." Monument for Toyota Motors, U.S.A. Toyota
dealership, San Juan Capistrano, California.
5. "The Trysting Tree." Monument for Colony Pacific Development.
Placement: San Juan Capistrano, California.
6. "Human Options Memorial Wall." Irvine
Spectrum, Irvine, California. Commissioned by Human Options and the City of
Irvine.
7. Other commissioned monuments include placement at O’Neil Mansion in San
Juan Capistrano, California and Department of Animal Control, Norco, California.
8. "Comanche" engraved for movie producer, director Burt Kennedy.
Comanche was the last survivor of Custer’s last stand. Artwork to commemorate
the movie produced by Burt, "Comanche."
9. Memorial monument for Officer Jake Kuredjian
can be found in the "In Progress"
page.
10. Officer Jake Kuredjian's Memorial Monument engraved by Katie West:
11. Jim Evans Memorial (Fallen Sheriff by Riverside Sheriff's
Association)
Memorial Monument
For
Officer Jake Kuredjian
The memorial will be placed in Stevenson Ranch at the entrance
of Stevenson Ranch Road and Poe Street. The concrete encasement for the
engraved granite, petrigraph™ monument will be 24" tall, 27 3/4"
deep and 38 1/2 wide and will weigh approximately 2100 lbs. The memorial will be
engraved in black granite, and will have Jake astride his Harley motorcycle,
with words written by his friends and fellow Sheriff Officers, and will include
his "Sheriff Officers Badge". The engraving is of the
photo taken of Jake, the week of August 20, 2001. The petrigraph™
memorial monument, is being custom built and will be engraved by artist Katie
West, whose father, Charles Bradford Cutts, was a graduate of the Police Academy
for the LAPD.
The residents and fellow sheriff officers have erected a
temporary site pictured. Shown here is Jake's Captain, Donald Rodriquez, and
Stevenson Ranch representative and good friend of twenty years, Don Whaley. The
memorial monument placement is scheduled for the last week in October.
Jake was a beloved friend to all. We love you Jake and we will
never forget you. We will do good and help others as was your example and to
honor you and the United States Of America.
The unveiling, Jake Kuredjian Memorial November 1, 2001
The Kuredjian Family, Sheriff Leroy Baca, Captian Don Rodriguez, fellow officer,
and monument engraver, Katie West.
Jake's Brothers
Jake's precious Mama kissing her son
There are more monuments in the "Petrigraphs"
section
