Rural Cemetery Design

Created and maintains The Path, a multi-element outdoor meditative environment opened in May 2015, featuring woods, open areas, a bridge, a shelter, and a labyrinth to support contemplative reflection for individuals experiencing life changes.

Develops and maintains an endowment fund supported by gifts and bequests from lot owners and community supporters to ensure long-term financial sustainability of cemetery operations and care.

Sells engraved brick pavers to generate funds specifically dedicated to the maintenance and care of The Path and the cemetery grounds.

Established cemetery rules in 1857 and continues to amend and enforce them, with the most recent update approved by the New York State Division of Cemeteries in 2023, ensuring ongoing regulatory compliance.

Operates and maintains a 67-acre cemetery in Clinton, New York, providing burial plots and interment services for traditional burials and cremated remains, with perpetual care and ongoing maintenance of grounds and infrastructure. The cemetery has been in continuous operation for over 150 years.

Offers traditional burial plots, cremation interment in designated sections, and infant/stillborn remains interment, with fees set for adult ($950), cremated remains ($650), infant ($85), and free interment for stillborn/newborn remains without markers. Also provides burial planning and pre-planning services to the public.

Provides year-round public access to the cemetery from dawn to dusk and ensures digital content conforms to WCAG 2.1 Level AA accessibility standards.

Provides ongoing care and maintenance of the cemetery to ensure dignified and lasting memorialization for the deceased and support for the bereaved.

Offers burial and cemetery-related services at affordable costs, accompanied by courteous and efficient customer support during times of personal loss.

Operates and maintains the Woodstock Artists Cemetery as a memorial to individuals who contributed to art, music, theater, and the written word. The cemetery, located at 12 Mountain View Avenue, Woodstock, NY, features graves marked by ground-level native bluestone to preserve the natural landscape.

Provides a heated indoor gathering room and outdoor settings for memorial and committal services, offering free use of the indoor mausoleum space to families who own mausoleum interment rights.

Keeps and updates burial records published on the NyGenWeb website every 6 to 8 months and provides an outdoor map at the office to assist visitors in locating graves using lot numbers.

Operates and maintains nearly 30 acres of park-like cemetery grounds in Penfield, New York, including pathways, mature trees, and landscaped areas, ensuring a serene and dignified environment for visitation and remembrance.

Conducts burial operations including casket burial, filling and leveling of burial spaces, grave closure by 5:00 p.m., and removal of temporary markers and winter decorations such as wreaths after specified dates to maintain site appearance and safety.

Operates under a formally incorporated structure with an elected board of trustees established in 1889, and allocates proceeds from burial lot sales to a perpetual maintenance fund and operational expenses such as equipment, water, and utilities.

Offers traditional in-ground burial plots, above-ground entombment in a state-of-the-art mausoleum, and cremation placement options, including full-size crypts, cremation niches, and multi-cremation burials on existing graves, with several thousand interment sites available.

Preserves historically significant areas of the cemetery while conducting ongoing internments. Completed a major restoration of the front entrance replicating the original 1893 design and maintains original architectural features in mausoleums.

Hosts recurring community events such as Halloween, All Soul’s Day, Veteran’s Day, and holiday observances, as well as monument unveilings and chapel services. Organizes an annual 5K run in June to honor fallen NYPD Detective Peter Figoski and raise funds for charitable organizations, closing the cemetery to vehicle traffic during the event.