Cemetery

Rules

To keep maintenance costs low and maintain the beauty of these cemeteries, the board has established the following rules. If you have questions about the rules please attend a board meeting.

Cemetery rules:

• Maximum of 1 burial and 1 cremation per site or 2 cremations per site.
• Vaults are required for all burials other than infants.
• All burials and /or placing of cremation remains must be approved and recorded by contacting Kim Curtis.
• Cemetery clean-up is 2x per year, weather permitting
  • Oct 1 st – thru Oct. 31 st
  • April 1 st thru May 15 th
• Clean-up includes the removal of all old flowers, broken ornaments and any unsightly material and is at the discretion of the person(s) cleaning.
• No permanent plantings of any kind (shrubs, flowers, trees). All permanent plantings that were in the cemetery before this rule was established are at the discretion of the Town of Pershing board for removal and pruning.
• There are no borders allowed around grave sites.
• All lawn mowing is to be done by authorized personnel only.
• Leveling of gravestones and grave sites is the responsibility of the person(s) that own the site. Dirt is available at the back of the cemetery for small leveling jobs.
• The Town of Pershing is not responsible for damages done to grave sites, stones or decorations on the sites.
• Any questions, concerns or comments are to be brought to the board at the regular monthly meetings or the Annual Meeting in the spring.