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Burial FAQ’s
What is opening and closing and Why is having a place to visit so
why is it so expensive? important?
Opening and closing fees can include To remember and to be
up to and beyond 50 separate remembered are natural human
services provided by the funeral home. needs. A permanent memorial in a
Typically, the opening and closing fee cemetery provides a focal point for
include opening and closing the grave remembrance and memorializing the
(locating the grave and laying out deceased. Throughout human history,
the boundaries, excavating and filling memorialization of the dead has been a
the interment space); installation key component of almost every culture.
and removal of the lowering device; Psychologists say that remembrance
placement and removal of artificial practices, from the funeral or memorial
grass dressing at the grave site, service to permanent memorialization,
leveling, tamping, re-grading the serve an important emotional
grave site and leveling the grave if the function for survivors by helping
earth settles. The time of year also them bring closure and allowing the
has an effect on the overall cost of a healing process to begin. Providing
grave. Winter graves tend to be more a permanent resting place for the
expensive due to the factor of snow deceased is a dignified treatment for
clearing. a loved one’s mortal remains, which
fulfills the natural human desire for
Can we dig our own grave to avoid memorialization.
the charge for opening and closing?
The actual opening and closing of the
grave is just one component of the
opening and closing fee. Due to safety
issues which arise around the use of
machinery on cemetery property and
the protection of other gravesites,
the actual opening and closing of
the grave is conducted by the funeral
home cemetery/grave staff only.
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