Funeral Home Links
Below is a list of the funeral homes we service:

Adams/Soderstrum Funeral Home
batesfuneralchapel.com
bertrandfuneralhomes.com
bomanfh.com
coburnfuneralhomes.com
gardenchapel.com
grandonfuneralandcremationcare.com
gvlfuneralchapel.com
hamiltonsfuneralhome.com
kalefuneralhome.com
mitchellfh.com
pencefh.com
powellfuneralhomes.com
rolandfuneralservice.com
surls.com
thomasfh.net
thomaslangefuneralhome.com
twiggfuneralhome.com
vandykduven.com
wallacefamilyfuneralhome.com
williamsfhknoxville.com

Watts Vault & Monument Company
4920 NE Hubbell Ave.
Des Moines, Iowa 50317

Phone: 1-515-261-0825
Fax: 1-515-261-0840

Watts Vault & Monument Company
P.O. Box 22 Hwy 63 North
Montezuma, Iowa 50171

Phone: 1-641-623-2158
Fax: 1-641-623-2358

Watts Vault & Monument Company
50147 State Hwy 14
Chariton, Iowa 50049

Phone: 1-641-774-8003


Watts Vault & Monument Company
4165 Naples Ave. SW, Suite 1
Iowa City, IA 52240

Phone: 1-319-337-4136
Phone: 1-888-899-2887

Watts Vault & Monument Company
959 33rd Avenue S
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52404

Phone: 1-800-898-2858

Our Company & Staff

Keith and Bernice Watts founded Watts Vault & Monument Company in 1957 in Montezuma, Iowa. Their son and daughter-in-law, Craig and Lyndal Watts took over ownership of the business in 1986. In June 1991, we expanded the operation with the purchase of Dude's Central Hawkeye Vault Company in West Des Moines, Iowa. In 1995, we also purchased E & D Vault of Chariton, Iowa. A new 35,500 square foot central manufacturing facility was built at 4920 Hubbell Avenue in Des Moines in 1999. We maintain distribution and sales facilities in Montezuma, Chariton and Cedar Rapids. The third generation is also very involved in the family business. Son, Scott Watts manages the Des Moines operation. Daughter Angie Schiebel, daughter-in-law Julie Watts and Lyndal Watts handle the daily business and monument sales at our Des Moines office.  Lori Bryan handles the same duties at the Montezuma office.  Longtime employee Ed Jordan manages the Chariton facility and Keven Gibson manages the Montezuma facility.  In March 1998, James Russell, a licensed funeral director, joined the company as Marketing and Education Director. With his help we implemented the first, if not the only, education center for funeral directors and pre-need staff in the burial vault industry. Watts' offers a complete line of burial and cremation products. Trigard, Doric, Eagle, and Clark Steel burial vaults are maintained in inventory to serve the needs of funeral directors throughout Iowa. As a retail monument company, our granite now comes from all over the world. We offer a wide selection of both granite and bronze memorials to families in all price ranges.   We are also an Iowa distributor of Cherokee infant and child caskets.  We maintain an inventory of our most popular styles, sizes and colors. In January 2004, Lowell Coburn, a licensed funeral director, joined the company as a sales consultant.  With his help we are able to offer many different cremation products, urns and jewelry. In February 2004, we expanded to the east with the acquisition of a building in Iowa City.  There we have a facility, a large indoor and outdoor display of memorials and employees to help families when purchasing a memorial. In 2008, we expanded the vault operation with the purchase of Century Concrete Products in Cedar Rapids.  We are very excited about the new additions to our company.  With a very knowledgeable staff of employees, the company today handles over 4000 interments per year throughout Iowa. Our customers and the families they serve, remain key to our company. Service, quality products and a fair price are the backbone of this company!

Our Staff

Lyndal Watts President	James Russell Director of Marketing and Education
Lowell Coburn Sales Consultant	Scott Watts Manager at Des Moines Location
Ed Jordon Manager at Chariton Location	Mark Knowles Fleet Manager
Rich Pettinger Production Manager	Angie Schiebel Secretary
Julie Watts Secretary	Lori Bryan Montezuma Staff
Iowa City Group	Des Moines Guys