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WEEK 3D
Cemetery and Crematory Operations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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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