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COVID-19 Updates

Cemeteries are considered 'essential'. Here are some guidelines to follow during this pandemic.

Developing a Business Plan

What you need to start a cemetery association.

Perpetual Care Worksheet

Understand the financial planning involved with long-term care of a gravesite

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Cemetery Symbolism

Ever wonder what all those symbols

mean on the old gravestones?

Caring for an Historic Gravesite

Learn how to care for historic grave sites.

The True Costs of Burial Operations

Learn how to calculate average funeral expenses.

Digging a Little Deeper

Answers to your 17 Completely Fascinating, Thought Provoking, and Previously Unanswered Questions about the Existence of the Universe (and Vermont Cemetery Law). Written by Attorney Jim Barlow.

Cemetery Symbolism

Other Helpful Resources

Green Burials in Vermont

Guide to Obituary Writing

Guide to Online Memorials

Helpful Things to Say After a Death

How to Make a Traditional Funeral Memory Board

How to Write a Condolence Letter

Planning Your Own Funeral

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Suppliers

Atlas Preservation, Inc.

Monument & Building Restoration Supply Company

Southington, CT 06489

860.558.2785

sales@atlaspreservation.com

www.atlaspreservation.com

Boston Computer Scanning

Records Management & Mapping

Reading, MA 01867

781.944.3006

bosscan@bosscan.com

www.cemeteryfind.com

Cooperative Funeral Fund

Pre-need & Cemetery Fund Management

Madison, CT

203.245.3660

chris@cffinc.com

www.cooperativefuneralfund.com

Granite City Tool Corp. of Vermont, Inc.

Granite Tools and Stone Tools Supplier

Barre, VT

802.476.3137

granitecitytoolvt.com

Green Burial Vermont

Socially & environmentally responsible burial practices

Westford, VT 25494

802.324.5219

greenburialvermont

Joseph DeFontes Co., LLC

Cast Aluminum Markers Manufacturer

Canaan, NH 03741

603.632.5780

j-defontes.com

Macura Historic Services

Historic Research & Writing Services - Slate Valley of NY and VT

Granville, NY

almmeow@gmail.com

Other Helpful Resources

We're here to help.

Suppliers

Atlas Preservation, Inc.

Monument & Building Restoration Supply Company

Southington, CT 06489

860.558.2785

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Boston Computer Scanning

Records Management & Mapping

Reading, MA 01867

781.944.3006

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Cooperative Funeral Fund

Pre-need & Cemetery Fund Management

Madison, CT

203.245.3660

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Granite City Tool Corp. of Vermont, Inc.

Granite Tools and Stone Tools Supplier

Barre, VT

802.476.3137

​

Green Burial Vermont

Socially & environmentally responsible burial practices

Westford, VT 25494

802.324.5219

​

Joseph DeFontes Co., LLC

Cast Aluminum Markers Manufacturer

Canaan, NH 03741

603.632.5780

​

Macura Historic Services

Historic Research & Writing Services - Slate Valley of NY and VT

Granville, NY

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Miles Supply Co.

Stone Monument Supplier/Manufacturer

Barre, VT 05641-0237

800.396.8049

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New England Manufacturing, LLC

Grave markers, Metal Veterans Markers,

U.S. & POW Flags, Cemetery Flags

47 Industrial Park Road, Unit D

Romney, WV 26757

321.727.0980

Jeff Seymour

newengmfg@gmail.com | nemfg.com

100% Veteran Owned & Operated - Est. 1925

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Pontem Software

Cemetery Software Management

Eaton Rapids, MI 48827

888.742.2378

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Prospect Environmental Services, PLLC

Environmental Engineering & Research

Jericho, VT 05465

802.355.9280

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Rock of Ages Memorial Studio

Handcrafted Cemetery Monuments

Graniteville, VT 05654

802.664.1103/888.661.1103 (toll free)

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Vermont Stone Sculpturing, LLC

Memorials, Statues, Stonework

Williamstown, VT 05679

802.461.6754

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Watertown Engineering Corp.

Custom & Pre-assembled Cremation Columbaria

Whitman, MA 02382

800.223.4396