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WORTHWHILE CEMETERY PROJECTS
Recordings:
(entry permission may be required)
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Alphabetical Listing - names and years
only, names and full dates, or full inscriptions |
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Row by Row Listing - names and years
only, names and full dates, or full inscriptions (with or without
index) |
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Listing (alphabetical or row by row)
with obituaries, genealogical data, histories, etc. |
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Listing (as above) with cemetery history |
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Listing (as above) with history and
photographs of stones and/or people buried there |
Maintenance - Landscape:
(permission will be required)
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Pick up litter and trash |
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Mow grass (be very careful near markers) |
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Weed removal (take great care with herbicides
near markers or valuable plants) |
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Clear brush, vines, and ivy (careful
not to remove old roses or heritage plants) |
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Prune or remove dead limbs or trees
(watch that falling limbs don't injure volunteers or markers) |
Maintenance - Cemetery Structures:
(permission will be required)
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Clean or remount signs |
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Clean or re-erect fencing |
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Clean or repair cemetery shelters or
other structures |
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Repaint signs |
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Paint or repaint fence |
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Paint or repaint cemetery shelters or
other structures |
Maintenance - Cemetery Parking and Pathways:
(permission will be required)
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Pick up litter or trash |
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Provide any required landscape maintenance |
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Repair potholes |
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Resurface parking area and/or pathways |
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Paint parking space lines |
Maintenance - Grave Markers:
(permission will be required from descendants)
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Clean markers (lots of water and soft
bristle brushes only) |
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Remove stains from grave markers (great
care must be taken - obtain details from OHCA) |
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Reset tilted grave markers (great care
must be taken - obtain details from OHCA) |
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Repair broken markers (great care must
be taken - obtain details from OHCA) |
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Place misplaced markers (sexton records
must be consulted - obtain details from OHCA) |
Landscaping:
(permission will be required)
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Prepare and plant bulb gardens |
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Prepare and plant annual and perennial
flower or wildflower gardens |
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Plant ornamental shrubs |
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Plant hedgerows for wildlife habitat |
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Plant trees (consult an arborist about
growth habits) |
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Plant grasses or ground covers |
Cemetery Parking or Pathways:
(permission will be required)
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Plan pathways for the cemetery that
will preserve markers and landscape features (an accurate plot map
will be required to prevent crossing unmarked graves) |
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Create and surface cemetery pathways |
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Build and erect footbridges as required
to cross obstructions (culverts, creeks, boulders, etc.) |
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Plan a cemetery parking area (an accurate
plot map will be required to prevent covering unmarked graves) |
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Create and surface a cemetery parking
area |
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Build and erect footbridges from parking
area into cemetery if required to cross obstructions (culverts, creeks,
boulders, etc.) |
Cemetery Structures:
(permission will be required)
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Build and erect cemetery signs (contact
OHCA for the correct name) |
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Build and erect fences (a survey and
building permit may be required) |
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Build and erect benches or picnic tables |
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Build and erect interior cemetery signage
or kiosk (plot information, etc.) |
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Build and erect cemetery shelter for
signage or kiosk (plot information, etc.) (a building permit may
be required) |
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Build and erect cemetery structure for
maintenance equipment (a building permit may be required and a plot
map will be necessary to avoid covering unmarked graves) |
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Erect a flagpole (a permit may be required) |
Cemetery Markers:
(permission will be required from descendants)
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Place special memorial markers (these
would be general reference markers not placed on graves or for individuals
-- for instance, a plaque about the cemetery, a group of people buried
there, or a structure placed there by an organization to commemorate
a person or event) |
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Place new markers on unmarked graves
(you must have a plot map, correct gravestone information, permission
from the cemetery authority, and authority from descendants for the
placement and gravestone information -- proceed very cautiously) |
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