Hi Listers, While I was prowling a military site, I happened on the "offical" requirements to being buried in one of the 100 national cemeteries in the USA. As long as a couple is still married at the death of the "spouce/vet", and pending the veteran's eligibility, the spouce is entitled to be buried at a national cemetery at NO cost. The Veteran's Admin. provides burial bennefits: Opening & Closing of the gravesite; provides a grave liners ( Keeps fluid from leaking into soil) for Casket burials; a headstone or niche cover for cremated remains to be interred above ground; prepetual care of the site. Who knew? ~hum.Linda~ Words are the window to the Heart.

My father, a World War I veteran died in 1957 and is buried at the Presidio National Cemetery in SF. My mother died in 1963 and is buried next to him. Bill -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of hum.linda Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2012 9:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [NORCAL] Military Burials, who knew?

My grandfather who was a WWI vet is buried at Golden Gate Cemetery. If my grandmother wanted to be buried next to him, she would have had to have been cremated because there was a pipe going through that spot. So instead, she is buried at Hills of Eternity, about 1/2 mile a way, where her mother, grandparents and the rest of their children (all native San Franciscans) are buried. I wonder how many more generations can be buried in Colma before they run out of room there? From: hum.linda <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2012 9:53 AM Subject: [NORCAL] Military Burials, who knew? Hi Listers, While  I was prowling a military site, I happened on the "offical" requirements to being buried in one of the 100 national cemeteries in the USA. As long as a couple is still married at the death of the "spouce/vet", and pending the veteran's eligibility, the spouce is entitled  to be buried at a national cemetery at NO cost. The Veteran's Admin. provides burial bennefits: Opening & Closing of the gravesite; provides a grave liners ( Keeps fluid from leaking into soil) for Casket burials; a headstone or niche cover for cremated remains to be interred above ground; prepetual care of the site. Who knew? ~hum.Linda~ Words are the window to the Heart. ----------------------------------------- NORCAL ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ Enter NORCAL.  Browse by month. Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. ----------------------------------------- To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message