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Funeral Service Merchandising- Cemetery Merchandise and Property Flashcards

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A funeral home that includes, as part of its operations, a cemetery.

  • Not a dominant market force, but are a considerable segment
  • May or may not have separate staff members to handle funeral home or cemetery operations
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Combination Firms

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  • Memorial
  • Epitaph
  • Cenotaph
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Cemetery Merchandise

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A physical object that is designed for the purpose of remembering.

  • Headstones
  • Markers
  • Monuments
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Memorial

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A small headstone, usually of one piece, used to identify individual graves.

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Marker

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A structure, usually of stone or metal, erected to commemorate the life, deeds, or career of a deceased person; from the Latin word meaning to remind.

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Monument

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To both nenorialize the deceased and identify that individual’s final resting place.

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Purpose of a Memorial

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An inscription placed on a monument to commemorate the deeds or qualities of the departed.

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Epitaph

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A monument erected to the memory of the dead, with the dead human body (or bodies) not present.

  • Occasionally seen in cemeteries or municipal, state, or federal parks
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Cenotaph

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  • Temporary marker
  • Permanent markers
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Memorial Styles

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Not intended to be a permanent memorial, the purpose of this si to identify the grave of a recently deceased individual until a permanent memorial can be ordered, manufactured, and installed.

  • Information of deceased usually limited to name and dates of birth and death.
  • Constructed of rather durable materials such as aluminum or plastic- can be quite long-lived
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Temporary Marker

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Designed to be long-lasting items of commemoration and rememberance.

  • Construction marterials are especially durable and hold up well to prolonged exposure to outdoor elements.
  • Granite, bronze (most common two), marble, and slate
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Permanent Memorials

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An extremely hard and durable igneous rock seen in a wide range of natural coloration.

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Granite

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An alloy of copper and tin/zinc.

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Bronze

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A limestone. Not as durable as granite. This will begin to soften and erode as wind and water weather the monument’s surface; acid rain can be especially destructive.

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Marble

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A metamorphic rock sometimes used in memorial and mausoleum construction, but more common in areas where this is naturally abundant.

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Slate

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  1. Flush
  2. Bevel top
  3. Slant
  4. Bench
  5. Upright
  6. Specialty
  • These can be further classified according to whether they are intended to memorialize one person (single) or two people (double, or “companion.”)
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6 Basic Type and Styles of Permanent Memorials

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  1. Base
  2. Tablet (Die)
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Two Basic Components of a Monument

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The lower or supporting part of a monument.

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Base

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The main part of a monument; the upright portion above the base; where the inscription is located.

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Tablet (Die)

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A small headstone which is set with its top even with the surrounding terrain.

  • Flat granite markers and flat bronze memorials (usually seen mounted to a granite base).
  • Occasionally used with a larger, main monument
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Flush Marker

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A small headstone, set above the ground, with a slightly slanting top.

  • Similar to the flush marker but offers slightly greater visibility.
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Bevel Top Marker

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A cemetery marker that has a face that has an angle greater than 45 degrees but less than 90 degrees in relationship to the terrain surrounding the marker.

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Slant Marker

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A place to set, rest, and reflect that often includes an inscription. Typically supplements another memorial.

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Bench Memorial

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Stand perpendicular in relationship to the surrounding terrain. Seen in 2 styles:

  • Vertical tablet
  • Horizontal tablet
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Upright Monuments

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A type of cemetery monument in which the die (tablet) is taller than it is wide.

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Vertical Tablet

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A type of cemetery monument in which the die is wider than it is tall.

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Horizontal Tablet

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Can be of any design, whatever the mind can imagine, the manufacturer can create, and the pocketbook can afford:

  • statuary
  • crosses
  • hearts
  • animals
  • angels
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Specialty Memorial

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  • Vases formed of stone or bronze
  • Bronze appliques
  • Lighted pieces of acrylic scuplture powered by solar cells
  • Photographs of the deceased reproduced on ceramic.
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Monument Accessories

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A building containing crypts or vaults for entombment; an above ground structure for burial.

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Mausoleum

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A chamber in a mausoleum used to contain the casketed remains of a deceased individual.

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Crypt

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A structure (or room or space in a mausoleum or other building) containing niches or recesses used to hold cremated remains.

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Columbarium

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A recess or space in a columbarium used for the permanent placement of cremated remains.

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Niche

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Allow for permanent above-ground disposition and memorialization of either the intact body or cremated remains.

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Both the Mausoleum and the Columbarium

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Filled with many crypts or niches; the largest can accomodate hundreds or even thousands of individuals, all housed communally in one structure.

  • Location of crypt or niche will dictate its price
    • Heart or eye level = more expensive
    • Near ceiling = less expensive
    • Interior= more expensive
    • Exterior= less expensive
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Public Mausolea and Columbaria

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Typically used to entomb members of a single family, are smaller in scale, and usually house the remains of two to eight individuals.

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Private Mausolea

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A single crypt accomodating a single casket.

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Individual Crypt

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Space for two caskets, placed either side by side or end to end.

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Double (Companion) Crypt

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Designed to accept head- or foot-first entombment of the casket; the length of the casket lies perpendicular to the crypt plate.

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Most Crypt Spaces

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Can be single or double varieties; the entombed casket lies parallel to the crypt front. This crypt consumes no more space than any other, it requires a substantial amount of crypt-front square footage.

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Couch Crypt

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Priced and arranged in a similar manner to crypts. Many of these feature glass fronts so that the urns therein remain visible.

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Niches

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An area of ground set aside and dedicated for the final disposition of dead human bodies.

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Cemetery

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A cemetery, or section of a cemetery, with only flush-to-the-ground type markers.

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Memorial Park

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Rarely is cemetery property itself purchased. When someone purchases a space at a cemetery, they are purchasing what is called:

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Right of Interment or Right of Entombment

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  • Multiple-depth grave
  • Lawn crypt
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Variations of the Standard “Plot” Used for Earth Burial

45
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Dug as deeply as necessary to accomodate two or more burials.

  • Exceedingly common in federal and state veterans’ cemeteries
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Multiple-Depth Grave

46
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A grave space two or more persons may be buried in grave liners which have been stacked on top of one another.

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Lawn Crypt

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  • Excavate a large area of land.
  • Network of drainage pipes are laid across the bottom of the open area and covered with a layer of gravel
  • Concrete grave lines, frequently stacked two deep, are put in place and covered with earth
  • The raw ground is seeded or dressed with sod
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Creating a Lawn Crypt

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  • Premium over and above the cost of a traditional grave may be charged for the “built-in” grave liners
  • Cemeteries can double the capacity in a given area
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Advantages of a Lawn Crypt

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A section in a cemetery set aside for the scattering of the ashes of cremated human remains.

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Scattering Garden

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  • Grave
  • Lot
  • Block
  • Section
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Key Terms- Cemetery Nomenclature

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An excavation of earth as a place of interment.

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Grave

52
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A subdivision of a cemetery which consists of several graves.

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Lot

53
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A subdivision of a cemetery containing several lots.

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Block

54
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A subdivision of a cemetery containing several blocks.

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Section (Garden)

Mors 200 Arts Final (123 decks)

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