Rome Monument is a national cemetery and funeral preservation company that builds 100% custom memorials for your private property. With over 85 years of experience, we can give you advice on home burials and show you the different types of monuments to mark your Indigenous burial site. Feel free to call the Rome Monument main office in Rochester, PA at 724-770-0100 and ask for Vince Dioguardi or Chris Morgan. Each of these compassionate gentlemen will be happy to help you in this emotional process. A funeral director (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funeral_director) participates in certain funeral rites, including embalming, burial and cremation. He also participates in the organization of funeral ceremonies. Funeral directors do not necessarily work in a funeral home. You can work independently. Some states require the involvement of a funeral home in the disposal of a corpse. The Funeral Ethics Organization (www.funeralethics.org/rights.htm) has a PDF for each state detailing your consumer rights regarding funerals and funerals. The organization “promotes ethical business in all death-related transactions by advocating for a better understanding of ethical issues among practitioners of burials, cemeteries, memorials, law enforcement, organ procurement organizations and government agencies, and for a better understanding between them and the public.” You must create a register for the grave. This means that you will need a piece of paper with the name, address, date of birth, age, date and place of the funeral and the name of the “minister” presiding over the funeral.

You must also provide the register with a drawing showing the exact location of the grave. This way, you never have to worry about the grave being disturbed, even if you end up selling the land. Another option is a party after or before the funeral. It doesn`t have to be in your home. Capture the event with photos or videos to keep memories for years to come. With over 85 years of experience, Rome Monument is qualified to give families advice on home burials and show you the different types of monuments to mark your burial place. We are a national home cemetery and funeral monument company that builds 100% custom memorials for your private property. Feel free to call the Rome Monument main office in Rochester, PA at 724-770-0100 and ask for Vince Dioguardi or Chris Morgan.

Each of these compassionate gentlemen will be happy to help you in this emotional process. “Embalming” refers to the chemical process performed on the body to delay decomposition. It is also used for hygienic reasons. Embalming makes the deceased fit for public or private viewing and keeps the body for a medical examination. States sometimes require embalming when a body is transported by a common carrier or when the person has died of a communicable disease. When a body is embalmed, it is usually kept for about a week. Right to Burial on Private Property Affirmed Several communities in Ashtabula County have sought to restrict the rights of Ohio property owners to bury the remains of deceased family members on their private property. As we have seen in previous articles, there is no state law prohibiting a family from burying the body of a relative on private property. Therefore, concerned about this practice, these communities have sought ways to ban them within their borders.

They sought advice from Ohio`s attorney general on methods they could use to prevent the burial of human remains on private property within city boundaries. The first argument put forward by the municipalities was the assertion that the burial of the remains of a single person did not fall within the legal exception for a “family cemetery”. Section 4767.02(A) of the Revised Ohio Code prohibits a person from owning or operating a cemetery unless it is an exempt “family cemetery” or is registered with the Ohio Department of Commerce. One of the requirements for registration is an endowment fund of at least $50,000. Clearly, this requirement would discourage most private landowners from establishing a cemetery on their property unless they could apply for an exemption from the family cemetery. Therefore, the communities argued that burying one-person property did not constitute a “family cemetery” and would therefore require registration with the Ohio Department of Commerce. In a statement issued last year, the attorney general rejected that claim. Although section 4767.02(C) defines a “family cemetery” as one that contains “the remains of persons at least three-quarters of whom have a common ancestor or who are the spouses or adoptive partners of a child of a common ancestor,” the Attorney General suggested that a family cemetery could consist of the remains of a single person. If the remains of a single person are buried, the Attorney General has determined that the definition of a family cemetery is met, since in this case, 100% of the remains buried in the cemetery would have a common ancestor. Since this threshold is higher than the 75% threshold, the legal definition is respected. The next argument put forward by the cantons was that the cantons have the power to pass laws prohibiting the burial of human remains on private property. In considering this argument, the Attorney General distinguished the powers of a municipal authority from those of an unincorporated municipality.