Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Community cemetery

[Lynn Nadeau (welcome]

Lynn at RoseWind (Port Townsend Washington) here.
If it were me, and there was lots of land, I'd have a designated area - 
maybe call it the memorial field or grove or forest or such -- that way 
nobody would be accidentally exhuming bones (ashes of course can go 
anywhere). And it would meet some people's need to go to "where" a friend or 
relative's remains are buried. And - just like it turns out to function in 
towns - the no-dig aspect of a cemetery would assure open space in that 
place. Perhaps if there were some progression of where burials take place, 
in x years one could go back and bury more, as there would be no "in 
perpetuity" guarantee of sole occupancy. 

In our community, we don't have a cemetery. I have however hoped that we may 
still designate some grove or other little walking destination as a memorial 
area. It would not only meet a need people have, for memorializing and or 
spreading ashes, but it would offer a chance to donate a memorial 
bench/birdbath/shrub or such, for the benefit of the community, as well as 
honoring Grandma or Fido. Win win. 

Lynn Nadeau
www.rosewind.org