Didn't the Sexton at Wesleyan run away with the perpetual funds? Scanned for viruses by SYMANTEC. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna St Felix" <dstfelix@erinet.com> To: <OHHAMILT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 8:55 PM Subject: RE: [OH-HAMILT] Question re: Entitlement to a Military Marker > Hi Lori. > > I know about those perpetual fees as I started the Wesleyan Cemetery > website. Barely anyone pays or paid them there and that's one of the main > reasons why the cemetery went broke. As family members die out and others > move away, there's no one to collect from. It's a shame the cemetery > you're > dealing with didn't offer a one time fee or if they did, it wasn't done as > it would make your situation a lot easier to deal with. > > Base cost: It depends on the company you hire to do it or if the cemetery > has staff that can do it. Sometimes it may be the headstone company. > About > all you can do is question around. In my situation I was dealing with a > cemetery in Michigan. > > It sounds like the cemetery you are dealing with won't allow anything > without that fee paid but there may be legal 'work arounds'. The fee > would > be the same if there was or wasn't a stone there. Does the cemetery > expect > someone to still be paying for maintenance on burials done long ago in 500 > years? ... You can see how cemeteries get into financial problems. Years > ago > they may have charged only $3 or $5 a year. At Wesleyan they had the > option > of 'ivy' on the graves (extra one time fee for planting) of which many did > have long ago. In those cases it was then the maintenance job (cost) of > keeping it off of the large upright headstones. ... Good luck!! > > Donna > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lori Nichols [mailto:lori-n@juno.com] > Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 9:44 PM > To: OHHAMILT-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [OH-HAMILT] Question re: Entitlement to a Military Marker > > > Hi Donna, > > The death was 52 years ago yesterday, and he served in the Navy during > WWI. > > I also realized yesterday, and called my Dad to question him, because his > mothers brother also > served in WWI. My father confirmed that my uncle does not have a stone > at all. So, it looks like > I'll be working on trying to get a stone for my grandfather and my great > uncle, who died in the 1970's) > > Do you know the cost range for the base that you spoke of? I'm concerned > about the "perpetual fees" that > the cemetery says are owed, because once the people died, the care fees > were not kept up. (No one knew > about them until my parents inquired about a stone, and then were told > that thousands of dollars were owed > on the plot) > > I'll see where I get with phone calls today as far as getting the form > you spoke of. If I don't have much luck, > I might just call one of the local funeral homes and see if they can > spare a couple. > > Thanks for your help! > > Lori > > > On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 01:13:18 -0400 "Donna St Felix" <dstfelix@erinet.com> > writes: >> Anyone who was in the military is eligible for a Military Headstone. >> I went >> thru the 'process' for my aunt who served during WWII. If a >> headstone is >> for a recent burial, the funeral home can usually supply the form >> and >> information. You do have to know when they served, etc and enter >> that on >> the form. A headstone for an earlier time period may be more lax on >> information needed. You would be responsible for a base for it which >> is a >> good idea to avoid it sinking. .... Donna >> >> >> To: OHHAMILT-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [OH-HAMILT] Question re: Entitlement to a Military >> Marker >> >> >> >> >> ==== OHHAMILT Mailing List ==== >> NO Virus warnings, seasonal greetings or private 'chit-chat' on this >> list, okay! Other than that, anything pertaining to the lives and >> times >> of those we seek in Hamilton County is permissible, but MUST be kept >> within the list's guidelines. >> >> ============================== >> Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >> New content added every business day. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >> >> > > Lori Nichols > Researching: MCBRIDE, HOLAHAN, MARTIN, RYAN, QUIGLEY, LEE, MCCLOUD, > STEFANAC, BASIC > > > ==== OHHAMILT Mailing List ==== > Have you been to the *NEW* HAMILTON COUNTY OHIO Message Board? 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