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Cemetery and Crematory Operations

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Base lower or supporting part of a monument; may be a 1st 2nd or 3rd base
Bevel Top Marker small headstone, set above ground with a slightly slanting top
Block subdivision of a cemetery containing several lots
Burial Vault outer enclosure for caskets placed in a grave, originally intended to prevent grave robbery
Cenotaph monument erected to the memory of the dead with body no present
Corrugated Container container used to hold a dead human body which is constructed out of cardboard ; made with a series of alternate folds and ridges
CANA (1913) international org. of cemeteries, cremationists, FDs, industry suppliers and consultants; formed to promote cremation as a modern, safe and hygienic way of dealing with a dead body
Die (tablet) main part of a monument, upright portion above base where the inscription is located
Epitaph inscription placed on a monument to commemorate the deeds or qualities of the departed
Flush Marker small headstone which is set with it stop even with terrain
Horizontal Tablet type of cemetery monument that the die is wider than it is tall
Inter (inhume) to bury in the ground
Lowering device mechanical device used to lower a casket into the ground
Marker small headstone used to ID graves
Memorial physical object designed for the purpose of remembering
Memorial Gathering scheduled assembly of family and friends following a death
Memorial park cemetery or section of a cemetery with only flush markers
Monument structure, stone or metal, erected to commemorate the life, deeds or career of a deceased; Latin "to remind"
Mound Burial ancient Viking custom; after deceased was placed in his boat with items necessary for the spirit to maintain the position held on earth; all was cremated and the pyre was covered with Earth
National Cemetery cemetery created and maintained under Act of Congress for burial of veterans of military service and their elegible family members
Ossuary receptacle for communal placement of cremated remains
Perpetual care arrangement by cemetery where funds are set aside, the income from which is used to maintain a cemetery indefinitely
Receiving Vault structure so designed for the temporary storage of bodies which are not to be immediately interred
Retort burning chamber in crematory
Scattering Garden section in a cemetery set aside for scattering of cremated human remains
Section subdivision containing several blocks
Sexton one who is in charge of the cemetery; caretaker of the church
Historical sexton church caretaker who had responsibility over church property, ringing bells and digging graves in a churchyard cemetery; Middle ages mots practices were under FD
Slant Marker cemetery marker that has a face that has an angle > 45 degrees but < 90 degrees in relation to the ground
Tomb general term designating places suitable for the reception of a dead human body
Undeveloped real estate property that is part of a cemetery but is not presently suitable for interment, entombment, or inurnment
Vertical Tablet type of monument in which the die is taller than it is wide
 

 



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