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Companion Crypt: permits two interments or entombments side-by- side side Cemetery Property
In addition to funeral services and the choice of burial or or cremation cemetery property or or “interment rights ” is another consideration when you’re making final arrangements either for for yourself in in in advance or or or for for a a a a a loved one A common misconception that people often have when they they purchase the the the right of of interment in in in a a a a a a a cemetery is that they they have have purchased purchased the the the land itself when in in in fact what they have have really purchased purchased is the the right to be interred Burial FAQs
What is is opening and and closing and and why is is it so expensive?
Opening and and closing fees can include up to and and beyond 50 separate services provided by the the cemetery Typically the the opening and and closing fee includes administration and and permanent record keeping (determining ownership obtaining permission and the completion
of other documentation which may be required entering the the the interment interment particulars in in in in in in in in the the interment interment register maintaining all legal files) opening and and closing the the the grave grave (locating the the the grave grave and and and laying out the the the the boundaries excavating and and filling the the the interment space) installation and and removal removal of of the the lowering device placement and and removal removal of of artificial grass dressing at the the grave site levelling tamping regrading and and and sodding sodding the the grave grave site and and and levelling and and and resodding the the grave grave if the the earth settles Can we dig our own grave to avoid the charge for opening and closing?
The actual opening and closing of of the the grave is just one one component of of the the opening and closing fee Due to safety issues which arise around the use of machinery on on cemetery property and the the the the protection of of other gravesites the the the the actual opening and closing of of the the the the grave grave is conducted by cemetery grounds personnel only How soon after after or how long after after a a a a a a death must an individual be buried?
There is no law that that states a a a a a a a a specific time frame for burial Considerations that that Page 12 - SHAUGHNESSEY BANKS FUNERAL HOME SHAUGHNESSEY BANKS FUNERAL HOME - Page