Posted by JDseller on November 27, 2011 at 22:10:37 from (208.126.196.144):
There is a family cemetery on this farm there are 42 graves. There is room for about fifty more in what is fenced and deeded separate right now. First grave was started in 1842 there. All graves are family so far. My first wife is buried there. I will be and my second wife will be too. This one has a right of way to the public road. It looks out over a big valley on the back of the farm.
I like the thought that I will be there with the rest of my family. Surrounded by the farm I have worked on for most of my life. It kind of makes the work go easier. It means a great deal to me to be able to show my kids and grand kids all of their family tree here in the USA. The next generation back where all in Germany.
When my Grand father died he started a trust that owns the land and is funded to keep the taxes paid on it. As for the other up keep we just do it yourselves when needed. We usually dig the graves yourselves too. I can remember helping do them by hand when I was younger. I cheat and use a compact excavator. Until I started mowing it twenty years ago we always just had a few head of sheep there to keep the grass eat down. It really worked pretty good too. we would just switch them over to the main pasture for a few weeks after each holiday or funeral. That way they did not eat the flowers and such.
As for requirements. Here in Iowa the body just has to be embalmed. So far there are no permits or anything else needed. We have used concrete vaults the last twenty years or so.
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