My intention was to speak to those "pioneer" cemeteries that have not been
used for years. This is how I interpret what this funeral director is
looking for or else he would already be aware of those that are still being
actively used.
Watch this man and others. I have a really bad sense of this.
Sue
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Smead" <bsmead(a)gte.net>
To: <INPCRP-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 10:16 AM
Subject: RE: [INPCRP] Empty spaces
Sue, your last paragraph makes since but some of the pioneer
cemeteries
are
still active. Case in point is the Hatfield cemetery outside of Fort
Wayne.
First burial was in 1836 and the last one was in 1988, and this is
only an
acre plot of land, willed to the township in 1865. Maybe they can do the
same as the Veterans cemeteries. If my wife gets buried in a veterans
cemetery as the wife of a veteran, then I, as the veteran, has to be
buried
on top of her in the same plot.
Brian E. Smead
Terre Haute, Indiana
-----Original Message-----
From: Sue Silver [mailto:ssilver1951@jps.net]
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 11:42 AM
To: INPCRP-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Empty spaces
Periodically funeral homes and privately owned and operated cemeteries
(re:
commercial entities) have come up with new and innovative approaches
to
these matters. Most of the time it is a way to skirt the law and the cost
of doing things legally. Trouble is, they all talk to one another and so
these kinds of "ideas" spread like wildfire.
If I recall, a lot of this started back in the 1960s. The book "American
Way of Death" (pub. 1960s) documented what was going on then. An updated
edition of the book was released a few years ago.
I just have to ask why these historic "pioneer" cemeteries cannot just be
left alone (read: no more burials) so they may remain what they represent
in
the here and now - pieces of the past for the local communities as
symbols
of their history and heritage.
Sue Silver
California
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephens, Larry V" <stephenl(a)indiana.edu>
To: <INPCRP-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 5:32 AM
Subject: [INPCRP] Empty spaces
> I am told that the owner of a funeral home in Greene County appeared at
a
genealogical society meeting in a nearby county and asked for help
locating
old cemeteries. His plan is to locate available spaces in those
cemeteries
and then offer them to people at - probably - reduced costs. I suppose
this
is compared to commercial cemeteries like Valhalla here in
Bloomington.
>
> This is not meant to impugn the intent or integrity of these people, but
it did raise some questions in the attendees' minds. Many remote
cemeteries
do not have regular tending and, in some cases, it may be hard to
determine
who "owns" them and controls them. If a funeral home so
chose, they could
"sell" these lots (sell without benefit of rights of ownership in the
first
place), bury someone and move on.
>
> Of course there are supposed to be filings on burials, but...
>
> Any thoughts on this notion?
>
>
>
>
> Larry V. Stephens
> Office of Risk Management
> 812-855-9758
> stephenL(a)indiana.edu
>
>
>
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