Al Mudgett, founder of Mudgett’s Monuments, started in the monument industry in 1936 in Vermont. He moved to Ohio with his wife, Lena, and four children and they started Mudgett’s Monuments in 1962, in front of their house, on East Pike in Zanesville, Ohio. Over the years, Al and Lena and their four children built up the monument business. Many years before Al and Lena retired, Kim Mudgett, one of their sons, decided to officially join the family monument business, while working around his job as a Zanesville firefighter.  Al and Lena, also invited and encouraged Kim’s three children, Jennifer, Krystal and Reid to hang around the shop and join them on trips to the cemeteries, as a way to spend time together. They also encouraged grandkids and other family members to help out and go on day trips as their schedules permitted.