Steve Bissen has worked in the memorial industry since 1985. He spent the first 15 years of his career learning to understand what it means to be a memorialist and stone craftsman. In 1996 Steve went out on his own. Moving to Tomah he took over Kress Monument a Tomah business since 1874. Running the business himself he continued to grow his already vast array of experience in all different levels of memorialization. From markers to sculpted memorials Steve can do them all.

In 2000 Steve started off the new century renaming the business to Tomah Granite Company. Throughout his career he has been involved in all facets of the memorialization industry including design, fabrication, installation & maintenance.