Cemetery in Foreclosure

1. Backwards
   May 13th, 2009 at 4:16 am

   harsh!

2. Christophe
   May 13th, 2009 at 5:52 am

   This is a "now I've seen everything" moment

3. Gauldar
   May 13th, 2009 at 8:26 am

   10 years later enjoy the Memory Garden Homes residential development... and you though building houses over a Native American grave site was bad, boy you've seen nothing yet!

4. Gail Pink
   May 13th, 2009 at 8:27 am

   Well, a cemetary does have a limited amount of land. Maybe it's "full" and they have no new plots to sell?

5. Gauldar
   May 13th, 2009 at 8:40 am

   I say we mulch them and build some farm land, be good for the soil and better land use. Seriously, how much space do dead bodies need to take up anyways? Heck, when I die just toss me in a ditch and let the bugs do the rest of the work, that's what they are there for.

6. Dave
   May 13th, 2009 at 10:57 am

   Anybody else reminded of the Amityville Horror?

   @Gail Pink: "Well, a cemetary does have a limited amount of land. Maybe it’s “full” and they have no new plots to sell?"

   In most cases the cost of a cemetery plot includes a portion that is supposed to go to a long-term maintenance fund that's supposed to keep it afloat; it's not like the Social Security system that depends on more people coming into the system to take care of those that are already in. Most cemetery organizations do a good job of maintaining their finances so that things like this don't happen, but there are exceptions... It shouldn't matter if a cemetery runs out of space and can't sell any more plots; the organization has sold each plot with the promise that the plot will be cared for in perpetuity.

7. Tobacconist
   May 13th, 2009 at 1:18 pm

   Actually, the "organization" that ran the place absconded with the trust money years ago - this really does not have anything to do with the current financial mess. The cemetery has been effectively abandoned for a long time, and has been taken care of by people (mainly one old guy) volunteering to do the maintenance. The water was finally shut off to most of the area and it has turned into a dust bowl. The legal matters are finally being sorted out, but speaking from experience with this very cemetery, if you want to remove your loved one to a better location, you cannot, and you cannot have anyone buried in the four empty plots you own since all the records went missing. Anyone want to buy some very cheap Imperial Valley land?

8. violet
   May 14th, 2009 at 4:12 pm

   Where are my puns? I demand puns.

9. Gauldar
   May 15th, 2009 at 9:49 am

   @violet

   These are too grave of times to be making jokes now!

10. violet
    May 15th, 2009 at 2:03 pm

    Memory Gardens: Forget it, we've lost the plot.

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