I agree with you, Maureen--I'm certain you get perpetual care if you paid or not. The cemetery would not like to have an unmowed, etc., grave or section. I have many, many ancestors buried there. Barbara L. de Mare, Esq. Historian, genealogist and attorney 155 Polifly Road Hackensack, New Jersey 07601 (201) 567-9440 office BarbaradeMare@yahoo.com (home) http://historygenealogyesq.blogspot.com/ ----- Original Message ---- From: quillpen1 <quillpen1@optonline.net> To: nywestch@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 12:13:23 PM Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Reusing graves Carol, Poughkeepsie Rural has grown and grown. The grounds are quite beautiful and many couples have their wedding pictures taken there in good weather. My understanding of perpetual care is that the money is invested in a lump sum that draws interest like any other investment. Also too, that $25 our ancestors paid was in those days as much in percentage of income as the thousands that Poughkeepsie Rural charges today in percentage of average income. It is a pricey cemetery in relation to other non-denominational in this area. .....I assure you PRC is NOT going broke. My parents and oldest son are buried in St Peters. The perpetual care that Dad bought (it was optional) at the time of Mom's death in 1964 was for trimming of the yews on either side of the stone and trimming around the stone. They still do it. I go with a plant for Easter, Mothers Day, Fathers Day and my son's birthday (and of course a Christmas wreath.) It always looks neat and nice. I suspect that those who didn't pay get their plots taken care of anyway. Nothing is ever overgrown. Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: <cheap@simon.com> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 10:44 AM Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Reusing graves > > Maureen, > >>I think they have some nerve!! > >>Here in the US we have to PAY for our gravesites and headstones and > <perpetual care. This does not come cheap > > I agree but remember some of our ancestors paid only $25 for perpetual > care > back in the 1880's, I have one grave that is supposed to get a flowering > plant every Memorial Day, the was $11.00 back in the 1880s, so if the > Poughkeepsie Rural cemetery is still honoring the deal it has cost them a > pretty penny since then. > > Thanks, > Carol L. Heap > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message *************************************** Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ *************************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message