[Magdalen] cemetery plots...

[Grace Cangialosi]

I just remembered that I still own my parents' two plots in which neither of them were buried--they ended up having their ashes scattered. After my father died, I called the cemetery to see if they could be given to somebody who needed, especially since the cemetery was full. 
Problem was--and is-- that my father had gone ahead and gotten a double headstone with all information engraved. They told me that has to be removed first. I never followed up, though I suspect the monument company could take the information off and polish the face to reuse it. It's a beautiful sandstone marker.
This thread reminded me that I still need to see what I can do about that.
I just don't want to have to pay them to take it away...

> On Oct 2, 2014, at 7:37 PM, "Lynn Ronkainen" <ichthys89 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> http://www.gravesolutions.com/SitePages/selling.asp
> 
> national 'clearinghouse' website for grave plots... $59. for a year long ad
> 
> who would'a thunk it?
> 
> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
> 
> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." attributed to Erma Bombeck
> 
> Thomas Merton writes, “People may spend their whole lives climbing the ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is leaning against the wrong wall.”
> 
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> From: "James Oppenheimer" <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 3:01 PM
> To: "Magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] cemetery plots...
> 
>> I assume there is not a stone for the two graves as a unit?  Is it a plot
>> that might be viewed as family by others?
>> 
>> You might move it if you price it lower, just to move it.
>> 
>> You could avoid expense by advertising it in Freecycle and giving it away.
>> I have gotten rid of a lot of stuff that way.  I'm about to get rid of my
>> computers again, now that my most recent one has scrap metal where its hard
>> drive used to be.
>> 
>> https://www.freecycle.org/
>> 
>> over five thousand groups, over eight million members.  Great way to get
>> rid of stuff without the hassle of selling.
>> 
>> James W. Oppenheimer
>> *“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
>> for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
>> on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente
>> 
>> On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 3:39 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <ichthys89 at comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> My mom is now interested in selling 'her' gravesite, purchased 40 years
>>> ago when my father died and she bought 2.  I just got off the phone with
>>> the cemetery and, of course, they do not facilitate selling, or buy them
>>> back... it was suggested that I run an ad in the diocesan bi-monthly
>>> paper.  The current cost of the plot in question? $1,400.  ... unbelievable
>>> (IMO). One ad is $20. and the person in the classified section said that
>>> often these ads run for several months ($20. x number of issues).This is an
>>> RC cemetery in suburban Detroit.
>>> 
>>> Making 'blowing in the wind' even more appealing, for moi.
>>> Lynn
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>>> 
>>> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not
>>> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
>>> attributed to Erma Bombeck
>>> 
>>> Thomas Merton writes, "People may spend their whole lives climbing the
>>> ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is
>>> leaning against the wrong wall."