ARTICLE XV – FUNERAL REGULATIONS
1. Cemetery Direction: All funerals, interments and inurnments within the Cemetery grounds shall be under the direction of the Cemetery Management.
2. Grave Location: Graves must be located by the family or its representative, with verification to be made by the Cemetery.
3. Outer Containers: Concrete vaults are required for all traditional in-ground interments, and non-degradable containers are required for all cremations.
4. Hours of Operation: The Cemetery will be open for interment from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday, except major holidays.
5. Notice: Notice of funerals with exact location of the grave must be given to the Cemetery Management at least forty-eight (48) hours in advance of the burial.
6. Charges: All charges made for grave spaces, burials, entombments, inurnments, removals or other services or activities shall be in accordance with the most recent schedule of charges established by the Cemetery.
7. After Hours Operation: An additional charge shall be made for any burial service in which the burial vault, mausoleum crypt or columbarium niche is not sealed by 4:00 p.m. These additional charges are a part of the rate schedule adopted from time to time by the Cemetery. There will be an extra charge for all funerals on Saturday after noon and processions arriving after 3:00 P.M. weekdays. Holidays include: Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day.
8. Open Casket: Once a casket containing a body is within the confines of the Cemetery, no funeral director nor his embalmer, assistant, employee, or agent shall be permitted to open the casket or to touch the body without the consent of the legal representative of the deceased or an order signed by a Court of Competent Jurisdiction.
9. Authority to Reschedule: The Cemetery Management may refuse to make an interment until a more expedient time if too many funerals are scheduled to arrive at the same hour or when the weather is prohibitive.
