My question is almost the same. I am involved with a family private
Pioneer Cemetery in Richmond, IN. This cemetery (Hoover Bulla) was started by two
families in 1836 or before. There was a trust fund established to maintain
the cemetery. They deeded the property to the County and in the deed
established a 5 member board to approve who can be buried in the cemetery (those
related to either family and needy neighbors) and to maintain the cemetery.
Those that have been buried in the cemetery, have as able, donate money to
the trust fund. The last burial was 10 years ago and the cemetery is still
an active cemetery.
Now for the question. Somehow the board disappeared over the years and
the bank where the trust fund is located assumed the management of the fund
(small charge each month), approving who can be buried in the cemetery,
and maintaining the cemetery. What would be any pit falls or pros in creating
this five member trustee board?
Thanks,
Dave Sloan
In a message dated 9/8/2013 8:57:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
kidclerk(a)aol.com writes:
Thanks Sharon. We are exploring fund raising ideas to help with our
increased funding. Since its an active cemetery, our income varies by year
depending on grave sales and deaths. We're it not for the trustee, we would
have disbanded years ago.
Kyle
On Sep 8, 2013, at 7:21 PM, s.m.mills(a)comcast.net wrote:
Kyle,
If you can (build or) come up with a mailing list of possible
descendants, you
can ask for donations by letter. Our cemetery association has
developed a mailing list of about 80 descendants. We send out a Memorial Day and
Veteran's Day newsletter. Our donations pay for our mowing, or close to it.
Sending the letters is $50-60, also donated.
Letters contain updates about work on the cemetery by trustees and
others. We find the descendants are glad to help financially if they can't come
work themselves. So far it's working, and is better than turning our
cemetery over to a township trustee with lots of demands on his money.
Sharon Mills
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From: "LA Clugh" <laclugh(a)comcast.net>
To: inpcrp(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Sunday, September 8, 2013 8:02:56 PM
Subject: Re: [INPCRP] questions
Thanks Kyle,
The Trustee has someone looking at setting up a Foundation.
LA
-----Original Message-----
From: KidClerk(a)aol.com
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 2:25 PM
To: inpcrp(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [INPCRP] questions
The cemetery which I am president of is teetering on having to be turned
over to the township. We have set up a fund at our community foundation
for
people to be able to bequeath money to us in their estate planning. We
haven't done any promotion of this yet but I hope to work on that this
winter. We rely on burial sales to fund us and the trustee already
provides a
majority of the funding for the mowing and insurance (I discovered that
in
1925 when the cemetery was added on to and a new board formed, the
trustee
didn't deed the old section to the new board, so she can legally
help us
with
these expenses) Our next step may be to disband the board and let the
township handle the operation if we don't see an infusion of funds
relatively
soon.
See if your community foundation can be of any help, L.A.
Kyle in Newton County
In a message dated 9/7/2013 12:45:56 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
laclugh(a)comcast.net writes:
Thank you for all the responses. I have a ton of bounced emails.
There is a Purdue writing class that was created this month. They are
exploring the problems and what it takes to own a cemetery. We have had
two
in Tippecanoe County recently that were turned to the Township trustees.
I’m excited by the on in Lafayette. The Trustee has taken the
restoration workshops and is seeking ideas and help from the community
to
donate time
and tools. And we are receiving good feedback.
The biggest problem we have at Greenbush is the trees that have been
neglected for about 50 years.
The other one is ground hogs.
Then there is financing. Mowing is about 750.00 per week. She also has
a freeze on her tax rate.
I would like to hear your thoughts on problem solving ideas.
la
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