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By the way, graves cost a lot more than you think. If you want to be buried someday, it’s worth looking into it now (while you can shop around and make payments) rather than waiting until it’s an urgent need.
Different cemeteries offer differ things. Some allow caskets to be stacked within a grave like eternal bunk beds. If you think you *might* want to do that to save space and money while keeping family together, it’s much easier to arrange when the FIRST occupant is buried. They dig the grave deeper to leave space for the second person above. If that isn’t done, then it’s a slightly more difficult and expensive process later (when Body 2 dies, Body 1 must be dug up, then the grave is dug deeper, then they replant Body 1 before the funeral for Body 2).
There are also options to consider, like mausoleum crypts, columbariums for urns, or urns buried above caskets in the ground.
When you buy your cemetery property, you don’t actually *own* the land. What you own is the right to bury in that space. Be sure to read the cemeteries rules and restrictions before purchasing. Then you won’t be surprised about what headstones they allow or what decorations are permitted.
Another thing! When you buy your cemetery property, there will be extra costs. Buying the grave doesn’t mean your funeral is taken care of. There are fees to open and close the grave and some cemeteries require the use of a vault (outer burial container). You need to pay for that AND a setting fee because they’re super heavy. Headstones, markers, vases etc are extra.
You’ll usually have to pay a fee called Endowment Care or Perpetual Care. That money is collected into a fund and the interest is used for cemetery maintenance after they’ve stopped making money.
It adds up! Do your homework NOW!
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