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    How long do it take for a cememtary to fill up and do anyone know one cememtary closing ever ?

    I would think a cememtary has only so much space and some are small and large but they never seem to ever get full wondering mind would like to know whats really going on "the big boy club".

    +2  Views: 453 Answers: 4 Posted: 13 years ago
    ed shank

    Interesting question, glad you posted it.
    frank g

    thanks ed and metal face you are my new friends Sorry I let dondowninggir send me off I forgive him.

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    Our cemetery is located on the edge of town and when it gets full they move the fence farther into the fields on either side.  Around here there are a lot of old cemeterys located out in the country that are no longer used, like the old church fell down but the cemetery is still there. Also there are small family cemeteries located out in fields where farms used to be that are no longer used. All are very interesting to walk through, the head stones tell the history of the people who lay buried there.

    Down here they simply put someone else on top of the last body. So, they still have lots of room left.

    ed shank

    That's what is done here also. The law reads that the top coffin must be a minimum of 18 inches bellow the ground.
    ClevelandRick

    @eggplant & ed,that may be true but my question would have to be "what happens to the head stones of the people that was there 1st"? Just asking.And yes frank g,that is a interesting question.

    In Europe,many grave concessions are not everlasting and have to be renewed. If the descendants do not pay, the body will be exhumed and put in a common grave and the old grave site re-used.


    If in Paris visit Pere Lachaise cemetery and see graves of Oscar Wilde and Jim Morrison (also many others, naturellement).

    all the people answered my question about he cementary I'm going to say away from this site asking questions it was interesting.



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