cemetery use

Looking outside the grave for cemetery revenue

By Funeral Director Daily / March 21, 2024 /

      Back almost three years ago in July 2021, Funeral Director Daily brought you this story of how a renewable energy company, Verogy, had put a 7,000 panel solar energy farm inside a cemetery in Torrington, Connecticut.  In essence they took out a 20-year lease on the cemetery property with the energy they…

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An ongoing debate with cemeteries: Community assets for enjoyment or sacred spaces for the deceased?

By Funeral Director Daily / November 14, 2023 /

    There is no doubt that with the advent of rising cremation in our society cemeteries are used less and less, as a percentage of all deaths,  by families as places of permanent memorialization.  However, there is still a large group of families that “do” select a space in a cemetery for the permanent…

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A Renaissance for cemeteries?

By Funeral Director Daily / June 1, 2023 /

    I was out at our hometown non-denominational cemetery, Kinkead Cemetery, on Memorial Day.  It’s the large cemetery on the north end of our community where I ride my bike through on Summer Saturday mornings.  It was named after Alexander and William Kinkead, the founders of our city, Alexandria.   I went out there…

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Here is an idea for your cemetery to raise some revenue

By Funeral Director Daily / March 12, 2019 /

Back in the summer of 1991 I visited Europe and specifically, Germany, for the first time in my life.  There are a couple of things that I remember vividly from that experience.  First of all, I remember being served bottled water at dinner and then being charged for it.  Back home we were always afforded…

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