Not to be morbid or anything, but.............

[gittyup]

I was just thinking and had a few thoughts.

I suspect the sole income for a cemetary is selling grave plots. So, when all the grave plots have been sold, is there any other income? If no income is coming in, do they close? As far as I know, there isn't like a monthly charge. Is there? Just curious.....😕

 

[Scrapster]

Yeah, that would suck if a cemetery went out of business. You'd hate to pass by a "going out of business" sale for one of those.

 

[ToBeMe]

They have what is called a "perpetual care account". Many times families contribute to this account, or, it is included in the price of the plots, other times there is actually an annual billing for the upkeep of the cemetary itself if it is a church owned or private cemetary. Other cemetaries are owned by cities themselves and they pay for the upkeep!😉

 

[ArkAoss]

i heard they add 16 ft of soil, another layer 😉.... and keep running.
Actually I once lived in a town whose cemetary filled up, but it was located between 2 old roads.... like a triangle, but it was backed by forest, so the just cut back the forest some more, and are now slowly filling the newly cleared area.

 

[palad]

If you were watching CSI a couple of weeks ago, they had a funeral home that would dig the bodies back up and dispose of them in other ways,then plant somebody else in their place. In the world of fact, according to NPR, Great Britain is running into a shortage of space for graves and they are having to investigate possible solutions, including multi-layer burials and enforced cremation.