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End of Life Issues

KT2000

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2. graves in Germany are leased

Reply to Cattledog (Original post)

Sun Mar 25, 2018, 03:53 PM

Mar 2018

for a period of time - 15 - 30 years.
Caskets are dug up at the end of the period and if any remains are still there, they are buried in another area of the cemetery. The gravesite is then leased to someone else.

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BURNING OUT: WHAT REALLY HAPPENS INSIDE A CREMATORIUM [View all] Cattledog Mar 2018 OP

An interesting read. Very matter of fact. Appreciate the posting Wwcd Mar 2018 #1

graves in Germany are leased KT2000 Mar 2018 #2

I have friends who have started this green burial nonprofit. femmedem Mar 2018 #3

That is what Ms. Scrutinizer wanted central scrutinizer Mar 2018 #6

It sounds as if you had a great love. What a beautiful ceremony. femmedem Mar 2018 #7

in 1928 handmade34 Mar 2018 #4

In New Orleans and Louisiana... yallerdawg Mar 2018 #5