Cemetery maintenance often comes to a standstill in a down economy
In a sign of the times a Funeral Director has gone before his City Council and pleaded for his city Cemetery. This all went down in Central Ohio. this is some interesting funeral news.
The City Cemetery appears to be be the causality of the recession and budget cuts.
“A local funeral director says the city of Marysville should reconsider a recommendation to scale back operations at Oakdale Cemetery.
Daryl Ingram of Ingram Funeral Home addressed city council members Thursday night, asking them to reconsider a proposal from the city administration to eliminate two full-time employees and one part-time employee who currently make up the city’s cemetery department.”-via www.thisweeknews.com
This city is considering running the cemetery with non professionals. When having a burial at a city, or private cemetery it is important to make inquiries about ownership and maintenance. This will help you come in under the average cost of a funeral.
It is also a lesson from the Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal: Check up on the maintenance an the owners of the cemetery of your choosing.
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