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Cemetery Pre-Arrangement is wise and economical. Who should
pre-arrange cemetery property? Anyone who feels well placed in
their community should look into pre-purchasing property in the
cemetery of their choosing. A hasty choice by family members
at the time of death could prove regrettable. It is disheartening
to discover a cemetery is too expensive, too commercial, too
inconvenient or otherwise unsuitable once interment has taken
place.
The purchase of cemetery property in advance of need can be
considered the most important aspect of funeral pre-arrangement.
At the time of death, cemetery property must be fully paid for
at least 24 hours prior to the Funeral Service, while Funeral
Directors are in the position of accepting delayed payment for
their charges through life insurance and other death benefits.
With the pre-purchase of cemetery property you are actually purchasing
goods at today's prices on terms of your own choosing. This assures
you that cemetery related expense won't affect your family at
the time of death. For planning ahead, the cemetery provides
you with the best pre-arrangement option.
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preparation of body, funeral director's non-declinable professional
fee, and use of mortuary facility, contact the Funeral Director
of your choice. The National Funeral Directors Association has
stated that in 1997 these commonly selected items were available
for an averge cost of approximately $4,800. Another option to
consider is the establishment of a revocable (until death) funeral
trust commonly referred to as a Totten Trust. Totten Trusts allow
the depositor to save money in an interest-bearing bank account
established to pay for funeral costs. The depositor names a beneficiary
such as a trusted friend or family member or funeral home. The
depositor remains in control of this revocable trust. A Totten
Trust becomes irrevocable at the depositor's death. While it
is well to set guidelines regarding our own wishes, funeral ceremonies
are for the folks left behind. Leaving some of the decision making
process to our families will be beneficial.
Funeral
Buying Tips
- Discuss costs when you make plans; funeral and burial constitute
the third greatest single expense faced by the average American
family. Treat this as the major purchase it is.
- Ask for an itemized price list of the services and merchandise
you want or are interested in.
- Understand the terms and conditions of pre-payment plans.
Some will not be effective until paid in full, some will not
provide enough to cover actual costs, and some are not transferable
and not refundable.
- Put any plans and preferences in writing and supply them
to your next-of-kin or person you believe will be responsible
for seeing to your funeral. Do not put this information in your
will or safe deposit box; they are usually not examined until
after the funeral has occurred.
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The "Pros" of Pre-Arrangement
- Special discounts may apply to purchase
- Ability to compare costs
- Purchase what you want on terms of your own design and choosing
- Peace of mind knowing that it is taken care of
- Keeps survivors from time-of-death shopping and bearing immediate
costs
- Ability to turn away funeral touting telemarketers with the
comment "we've done all of that!"
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The "Cons" of
Pre-Arrangement
- There is no CON provided the pre-arrangement contract is
carefully considered and understood before purchase. It must
fulfill the needs of the purchaser and surviving family. At the
time of a death for which cemetery pre-arrangements have been
made we usually hear comments such as "this has been so
easy - we're really glad we/he/she did this." When they
haven't been made we often hear comments like this, "I'm
taking care of this ahead of time so my kids won't have to go
through what I am going through right now!"
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Just be sure whatever plan you choose that you understand:
- Without credit life insurance the outstanding balance of
the pre-purchase contract becomes due and payable upon death
if it is to be honored.
- The contract may not be sufficiently transferable or refundable.
- Penalties may apply when installments are not paid as agreed.
- Life insurance benefits are not immediately available to
meet cemetery costs and do nothing to assist in the decision
making process at the time of death.
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Cemetery
Choices
Casket Burial
is what we in the midwest have become most accustomed
to at the cemetery. It generally costs more than urn burial because
of the size of the interment space and increased labor expense
handling a casket requires. Some interment spaces are designed
to accommodate two caskets, the second interment placed above
the first. This double depth arrangement saves money but must
be pre-arranged.
Urn Interment - cremation
- constitutes about 10% of disposition in Kansas. Do not underestimate
the value a final resting place and permanent marker has for
survivors of a person who has chosen cremation . Unfortunately
for most folks, little idea exists of what to do with the cremated
remains once they are retrieved from the funeral home or mortuary's
crematorium.
Maple Grove responds to urn interment as we do to casket interment.
The only difference is in the size of the remains. Since an urn
is considerably smaller, charges are generally less. Maple Grove's
earth interment sites for urns are affordable and similar to
casket burial sites. Alternatively, our cremation garden offers
a means of surprisingly inexpensive disposition and memorialization.
Mausoleum Entombment is
available for either casket or urn at the community mausoleum
- The Maple Grove Abbey - or by way of private family mausoleum
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Explanation
of Charges
All proceeds generated through the following are
used only for the operation, maintenance and improvement of The
Maple Grove Cemetery, organized as Wichita's only non-profit
and non-sectarian cemetery.
Interment Space (Interment Rights)
Interment space is designed for the permanent disposition of
human remains. A variety of interment space options are available.
Each is designed for a specific memorialization option. It is
the Interment Rights to these spaces which are sold. Purchasing
interment rights entitles the buyer to the right to arrange for
interment and memorial placement in accordance with cemetery
rules and regulations.
Interment spaces vary in price according to supply and demand.
In that way, a cemetery tends to develop like a city with neighborhoods.
In this day and age grave spaces are usually sold individually
or in pairs. Larger family lots are less common. Consequentially,
fewer upright monuments are purchased to mark family lots. For
this reason, lawn level memorials situated in park-like sections
of the cemetery are prevalent. Interment spaces for both casket
and urn are available throughout Maple Grove, each with a variety
of memorial options from which to choose.
It is the policy of Maple Grove Cemetery to place a portion of the sale
price of each interment space in a state monitored, irrevocable trust
designed for the future general care and maintenance of the cemetery.
This trust, known as the Maple Grove Permanent Care Fund, is one of the
largest such trusts in the State of Kansas.
Pricing Information
Interment & Recording Fee
The Interment & Recording Fee compensates the cemetery organization
for services and work performed by the organization at the time of an interment
service including:ng and closing of interment space, use of appropriate
service equipment, restoration of area after interment service, removal
and disposal of funeral decorations, recording of cemetery documents, routine
work by cemetery grounds and office staff and use of cemetery facilities.
This fee is not included in the cost of interment rights.
Pricing Information
Outer Burial Container (Vault or
Liner)
Earth interments (both caskets and urns) are required
to be contained in a permanent outer container as set forth in
the cemetery's rules and regulations. These permanent containers
maintain the integrity of the actual grave and protect the site
against future safety and maintenance hazards.
Vaults are available in several different styles. The more expensive vaults
are more impressive visually and are featured at the graveside/committal
service. The more expensive vaults are usually constructed of higher quality
materials. The lower cost vaults meet cemetery requirements for permanence
but are not designed to be a funerary feature.
Pricing Information
Permanent Memorials (Markers or Monuments)
Gravesites may be marked with a permanent memorial
as set forth in the cemetery's rules and regulations. Each interment
space has its own memorial requirements regarding size, design
and material.
Memorials (markers and monuments) are the only really permanent
record left behind. They not only mark a gravesite, they speak
of the departed and of his/her values and beliefs. The cemetery
regulates memorial specifications through rules and regulations
designed to work with a general plan. It is important to understand
memorial regulations prior to the purchase of interment space.
Many options exist at Maple Grove.
Memorials may also be placed for people not buried at Maple Grove, simply
to their memory or in their honor. These are inscribed with what is referred
to as a Cenotaph. Our most popular form of cenotaph is our memorial tree
and plaque, a living tribute and fitting memorial to any loved one.
Pricing Information
Other Services
Many other goods and services are offered through the cemetery
including Pre-Arrangement Planning, the addition
of inscription to memorials, holiday and seasonal decorations, memorial
trees and garden features, family research, historical or operational
tours and group presentations. Please call our office for further details.
Pricing Information
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Glossary
Cenotaph: a permanent
memorial dedicated in memory of the deceased whose remains lie
elsewhere. Often denoted by the words "In Memoriam."
Columbarium: structure containing recesses for urns.
Cremation: the technical
heating process that reduces human remains to bone fragments,
which occurs through heat and evaporation.
Grave liner: permanent outside
container, consisting of one piece box and one piece lid which
is not sealed.
Interment: the disposition
of human remains by earth burial, entombment, or inurnment.
Inurnment: placing creamted
remains in an urn and placing in a niche, or in the ground.
Lot: space in the cemetery
used, or intended to be used, for the interment of human remains.
The term includes and applies to one or more than one adjoining
grave and or space, one or more than one adjoining crypt or one
or more than one adjoining niche.
Marker: a memorial of granite
or marble placed on a lot that extends well above the surface
of the lawn.
Mausoleum: the Maple Grove
Abbey, or any other above-ground structure for the interment
(entombment) of human remains.
Monument: a memorial of granite
or marble placed on a lot that extends well above the surface
for the interment of human remains.
Niche: a space in a columbarium
used, or intended to be used, for inurnment of cremated remains.
Permanent memorial: a marker,
monument or other structure containing inscription and/or other
symbolism, installed at a grave site or lot and dedicated to
the memory of the deceased.
Plot: same as "lot".
Space: the space on a lot
for the interment of human remains.
Temporary memorial or tribute: a
decoration or memento placed at a grave which will be removed.
Urn: a container used for
ashes resulting from the cremation process.
Vault: a permanent outside container
which is sealed and of better grade than a two-piece box.
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