Funeral Regulations

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=350 BGCOLOR="#FFFFCC" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cemetery"><B>Cemetery</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="General Regulations "><B>General Regulations </B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id63.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rules and Regulations"><B>Rules and Regulations</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cemetery Prices"><B>Cemetery Prices</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id64.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sales and Purchase of interment rights"><B>Sales and Purchase of interment rights</B></A></div> <div> <B>Funeral Regulations</B></div> <div> <A HREF="burial_list.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Burial List"><B>Burial List</B></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=80 style=" border-bottom: 1px solid #999980;" BGCOLOR="#FFFFCC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Roscommon Township</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>  </B><B>|</B></FONT><B>      </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Roscommon Township"><B>home</B></A><B>      </B><A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Services"><B>Services</B></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=400 width="100%" colspan=2 style=" border-top: 5px solid #336600; border-left: 5px solid #336600;" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Funeral Regulations</I></div> <div> 1.   Funerals after entering the gates shall be subject to the directions of the officers, or authorized employees, of the Cemetery.</div> <bR> <div> 2.   Notice of 24 working hours before the announced time of the funeral will be required.  Sunday funerals will not be permitted.  Exceptions to this rule will be made only in case of death from a contagious disease or when so ordered by the authoirized officers of the Cemetery.</div> <bR> <div> 3.   When a removal, or disinterment is to be made from  a single grave to another grave site, the formerly occupied single grave space and all rights therein revert to the Houghton Lake Cemetery.  if no steel or concrete vault has been used for the original interment, one must be provided for transit offsite or reburial within the Houghton Lake Cemetery.  The charge for removal, or disinterment, is $300.00.  Application for removal permit must be signed by next of kin and properly notarized prior to time of removal.</div> <bR> <div> 4.   The burial of two bodies in one grave will not be permitted, except where one occupies a space less than three feet in length.  No grave space may contain more than two urns of cremated remains.</div> <bR> <div> 5.  If, as and when no provision has been made for interment space, and it becomes necessary to place the remains termporarily in the receiving vault, it may remain there, subject to the sanitary code.  A deposit of not less than $125.00 in cash shall be made to the Cemetery prior to entombment.  Bodies not in a decomposed or offensive condition may be placed in the vault at all times, but the length of time they will be permiited to remain in all cases be determined by the Cemetery.  The Cemetery reserves the right of interment, whenever it may appear necessary.  A diligent attempt will be made to notify the nearest of kin twenty-four hours in advance, but this shall be in no case prevent the Cemetery from going forward with interment.</div> <bR> <div> 6.   The receiving vault was designed chiefly for the temporary safety of bodies therein, and at times contains many such bodies, hence for obvious reasons, it is deemed unwise for people to enter therein.  The remains of any person who died of contagious disease will not be permitted in the vault, except when placed in a hermetically sealed casket.    In case of doubt on the part of the Cemetery to the nature of the disease, satisfactory evidence from the attending physician or otherwise will be required.</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>