Interment Fee
An interment is much more than just “digging a hole.” To perform the service properly takes the coordination and cooperation of many individuals working on your behalf. The funeral director, the cemetery and office staff, the counselors, the accounting and customer service staff and the data processing department staff are all involved in an interment.
The maintenance staff must have specialized equipment and training to comply with federal, state, and local environmental and safety regulations. An interment also requires machinery and equipment, many of which are only used for this special purpose. An interment service does not end until the grass has been sodded and the sod takes root.
We are committed to providing you with the very best service and equipment to make your interment service an appropriate and comforting experience of value.
After learning about the different operations and the investment in time and equipment to perform the service, we feel you will have a better understanding of our fees for conducting this service.
Following is a list of the many different operations that go into the making of an interment service.
Office Staff
- Coordinate the order for interment with funeral director.
- Examine the records to determine lot ownership.
- Check files of the lot owner for any special instructions.
- Prepare interment authorization.
- Prepare interment card.
- Make entry in lot book.
- Prepare grounds maintenance work order.
- Perform secondary check of interment authorization.
- Perform secondary check of interment card.
- Perform secondary check of interment work order.
- Deliver maintenance work order to superintendent’s office at the maintenance area.
- Prepare biographical information for further interments.
Family Service Staff
- Meet with next of kin and property owner at the cemetery to select the space to be used and have all legal authorizations signed.
- Verify space to be opened.
- Accept and make receipt of interment fee.
- Make final check of location where service is to be performed.
- Direct traffic to interment site.
- Advise funeral director as to which direction casket should be placed on the lowering device.
- Help funeral director with casket and family as needed.
- Remain at interment site until family has left and the flowers have been replaced on the closed space.
Maintenance Staff
- Make layout for opening.
- Have layout checked by supervisor.
- Delivery of equipment to open space:
- Backhoe
- Truck
- Canvas and boards to protect adjoining spaces
- Shovels, rakes, and brooms
- Boards to cover open space
- Excavate space for interment.
- Haul excess fill away from the open space.
- Cover open space.
- Remove all equipment once work is completed.
- Deliver interment equipment to the lot the day of the service:
- Tent
- Chairs
- Artificial grass
- Casket lowering device
- Set up interment equipment for service.
- Tear down and remove all interment equipment.
- Clean and dry all interment equipment before putting away.
- Back fill grave space, tamp and level.
- Replace flowers in an orderly fashion.
- Supervisor must check area for neatness and cleanliness.
- Remove funeral flowers.
- Sod or seed and water.
Accounting and Customer Service Staff
- Verify account and prepare final receipt.
- Send reminder notices on unpaid accounts.
- Answer questions about account.
Data Processing Staff
- Enter interment information into database.
- Run programs to update lot books, interment files, and accounting information.
- Make back-up tapes and store off premises.
We hope you now understand why an interment is more than just “digging a hole.” Our commitment to our lot owners is an eternity of service that begins with the interment.
For a complete listing of fees, click here.
2315 Sandridge Road
Green Cove Springs, Florida 32043 Phone: (904) 284-7720
Fax: (904) 284-6656
