What optional costs can be involved in purchasing and using cemetery property?
The memorial or marker is an optional cost. A memorial in granite or bronze can be set at a grave, according to cemetery regulations. Other memorialization opportunities include, but are not limited to, religious plaques or symbols, emblems, vases with floral arrangements, living memorials, benches, photo ceramics and Eternal Lights. These options may be chosen at the time of the initial burial rights agreement or anytime afterward. Choices may be restricted by grave, crypt or niche location.Other optional costs include: – an overtime surcharge for Saturday burial or on certain holidays. – an urn for ground burial or niche interment – special inscriptions or vases in the mausoleum or columbarium.
A memorial in granite or bronze can be set at a grave, according to cemetery regulations. Other memorialization opportunities include, but are not limited to, religious plaques or symbols, emblems, vases with floral arrangements, living memorials, benches, photo ceramics and Eternal Lights. These options may be chosen at the time of the initial burial rights agreement or anytime afterward. Choices may be restricted by grave, crypt or niche location. Other optional costs include an overtime surcharge for Saturday burial or on certain holidays. A chapel visitation is an extra fee. Since mid-August 1998, lettering (names and dates) is included in the purchase of crypts and niches. Contracts prior to that date require separate payment for lettering.
