dmccarty
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We have family members who bought a plot many decades ago. They have died but their ashes are at a relative's house because they wanted their ashes handled differently than put in that plot they bought. Not sure the people holding the ashes will handle the ashes as requested due to health issues and I suspect I will be left with the cremains and the unused plots.
The funny thing is that most of the family used to live near the cemetery but almost EVERYONE in the family has moved to other states, far, far away.
I suspect I will put the cremains in that plots someday or have to sell of the plots.
Another family member is buried in a family plot in a very small town, in different state, with only a few very distant family members left in the area. Some family members made it a point, when sorta traveling near by, to take fake flowers to the cemetery once a year but as their health declined the visits stopped.
My wife's family has been in one area for many generations and has a large family plot in a cemetery. Recent deaths have not been buried but are still at "home" while others had the cremains buried on the family land.
Read this the other day and it stuck with me since it is sooooo true and I have seen it over and over and over.
All Graves Go Unvisited In The End
The funny thing is that most of the family used to live near the cemetery but almost EVERYONE in the family has moved to other states, far, far away.
I suspect I will put the cremains in that plots someday or have to sell of the plots.
Another family member is buried in a family plot in a very small town, in different state, with only a few very distant family members left in the area. Some family members made it a point, when sorta traveling near by, to take fake flowers to the cemetery once a year but as their health declined the visits stopped.
My wife's family has been in one area for many generations and has a large family plot in a cemetery. Recent deaths have not been buried but are still at "home" while others had the cremains buried on the family land.
Read this the other day and it stuck with me since it is sooooo true and I have seen it over and over and over.
All Graves Go Unvisited In The End