Comments on: Cemetery in Foreclosure http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/13/cemetery-in-foreclosure/ The Neat Side of the Web Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:11:57 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: violet http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/13/cemetery-in-foreclosure/comment-page-1/#comment-1738539 violet Fri, 15 May 2009 19:03:04 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/13/cemetery-in-foreclosure/#comment-1738539 Memory Gardens: Forget it, we've lost the plot. Memory Gardens: Forget it, we've lost the plot.

]]> By: Gauldar http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/13/cemetery-in-foreclosure/comment-page-1/#comment-1738418 Gauldar Fri, 15 May 2009 14:49:21 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/13/cemetery-in-foreclosure/#comment-1738418 @violet These are too grave of times to be making jokes now! @violet

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

]]> By: violet http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/13/cemetery-in-foreclosure/comment-page-1/#comment-1738012 violet Thu, 14 May 2009 21:12:22 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/13/cemetery-in-foreclosure/#comment-1738012 Where are my puns? I demand puns. Where are my puns? I demand puns.

]]> By: Tobacconist http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/13/cemetery-in-foreclosure/comment-page-1/#comment-1735882 Tobacconist Wed, 13 May 2009 18:18:17 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/13/cemetery-in-foreclosure/#comment-1735882 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? 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?

]]> By: Dave http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/13/cemetery-in-foreclosure/comment-page-1/#comment-1735303 Dave Wed, 13 May 2009 15:57:54 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/13/cemetery-in-foreclosure/#comment-1735303 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. 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.

]]> By: Gauldar http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/13/cemetery-in-foreclosure/comment-page-1/#comment-1734755 Gauldar Wed, 13 May 2009 13:40:18 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/13/cemetery-in-foreclosure/#comment-1734755 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. 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.

]]> By: Gail Pink http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/13/cemetery-in-foreclosure/comment-page-1/#comment-1734708 Gail Pink Wed, 13 May 2009 13:27:15 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/13/cemetery-in-foreclosure/#comment-1734708 Well, a cemetary <I>does</I> have a limited amount of land. Maybe it's "full" and they have no new plots to sell? Well, a cemetary does have a limited amount of land. Maybe it's "full" and they have no new plots to sell?

]]> By: Gauldar http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/13/cemetery-in-foreclosure/comment-page-1/#comment-1734705 Gauldar Wed, 13 May 2009 13:26:55 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/13/cemetery-in-foreclosure/#comment-1734705 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! 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!

]]> By: Christophe http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/13/cemetery-in-foreclosure/comment-page-1/#comment-1734120 Christophe Wed, 13 May 2009 10:52:15 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/13/cemetery-in-foreclosure/#comment-1734120 This is a "now I've seen everything" moment :) This is a "now I've seen everything" moment :)

]]> By: Backwards http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/13/cemetery-in-foreclosure/comment-page-1/#comment-1733772 Backwards Wed, 13 May 2009 09:16:27 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/13/cemetery-in-foreclosure/#comment-1733772 harsh! harsh!

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