Factors in Picking a Cemetery

As soon as the last of the funeral songs had been played, the next and last stop for your deceased loved one will be at the cemetery. Just like in picking a home for you, the choosing of the right cemetery for your family starts with the location. If you are planning to visit your loved one’s plot or expecting for their friends and relatives to pay their respects in the future at regular intervals, then the proximity of the cemetery to the residences is the primary consideration. The location becomes not so much for the benefit of the deceased but for the living to have that convenient access.

Within the cemetaries themselves, there are also differences in cost that you may need to consider. Those locations with gardens and manicured landscaping will fetch a higher price, but if you select plots located in ideal spots like those near the gates and pathways as well as those near the cemetery’s features, you should be expecting to spend more. Cemeteries also have certain rules that everyone buying a plot in, would need to abide by. These guidelines may restrict and impose things so you will need to it think over if you are comfortable with them.

Source:  http://www.iccfa.com/blogs/marvin-dearman/2010/03/04/choosing-cemetery