Elm Grove Cemetery Rules and Fees

Burials and Inurnments:

• Must be coordinated by the President or the Vice President
• Surveyed and laid out by the President or the Vice President
• Performed only by a party designated by the Trustees
• Recording and survey fees (Waived if burial or inurnment occurs at time lot purchased)
  • Inurnment: $175
  • Earth Burial: $250
• Number allowed per single lot
  • Inurnments: 4
  • Earth Burial: 1

Monuments:

• The placement of monuments must be coordinated by the President or the Vice President.
• Once the location is identified and marked, we will email photos to all concerned for review.
• Unless a monument is placed at the same time a grave is purchased, a $50 fee is payable to the cemetery.
• Vertical monuments must have a concrete skirt.
• As a general rule, only one vertical monument per lot is permitted. Up to four flat stones may be installed per grave.

Fees:

Survey and recording fees paid to Elm Grove Cemetery PO Box 69 Montague MA 01351:

• Inurnment - $175
• Earth Burial - $250
• Monument - $50
• Transfer of lot ownership $60

Burial fees paid to authorized contractors:

• Inurnment - Fees vary.
• Earth Burial - Fees vary.

Lots:

Please contact us for information about the location of available space.

• A single 4' x 8' grave is $450.
• A grave liner or vault is required for all earth burials.
  • This is to support the soil around a casket and ensure that the soil above will not collapse.
  • A liner or vault may be open at the bottom.
• Under no circumstances are individuals or families permitted to perform earth burials, inurnments or place monuments.

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Elm Grove Cemetery Association
524 Turners Falls Rd, Montague MA
PO Box 69 Montague MA 01351

Contacts:

President: Bradford Councilman
V. President: Ralph Rau

Payments:

By check only to: Elm Grove Cemetery Association, PO Box 69 Montague MA 01351