[or-roots] Gravestones

[Leslie Chapman]

The thing you have to take into account when putting grave markes in
cemeteries is whether they have rules concerning what you can place. Some
"for profit" managed cemeteries have very specific rules, mainly to keep
maintenance easy, here is a representative sample;


Flat stones, kerbstones, fencing, or any other form of enclosure or border
is not permitted. Trenches or any other type of boundary marking are not
allowed.

Potted or planted trees or shrubs are not allowed on or near graves. Only
cut flowers are allowed (and potted plants on the plinth - see above).

Memorials, trees and shrubs which are not allowed will be removed.

Nothing is to stand on the grass in front of the area reserved for the base
of a headstone.

All new graves (excluding woodland graves and traditional ones) are lawn
type graves and so will be mown on a regular basis.

The cemetery staff will - as part of their routine maintenance - top up
graves, remove any object or debris, or disallowed objects from the rear of
the memorial


Interestingly enought when I google "maximum height" for gravestones it
seems that the two cemeteries I am most familiar with, Reedsport and Fir
Grove in Cottage Grove are the exception in only allowing low headstones;
most places restrict the height to between two and four feet, typically no
more than three feet. Now I am wondering if Fir Grove has a height
restriction, I know they didn't in 1972, but can't remember if it has
changed.

I did recently find a "cement preservative" which I cannot lay my hands on
to give you more details, it is "supposed" to hold togehter crumbling
concrete. I will try to remember to pass along more info when I locate it
and put it to use on my foundation.


Les C