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Old cemetery dispute raises questions about who owns past


Old cemetery dispute raises questions about who owns past
CATHARINE RICHERT , Minnesota Public Radio
June 2, 2021
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ALTURA, Minn. (AP) It’s been years since anyone was buried in the cemetery, but some graves are decorated with miniature solar lights and clay flower pots, a sign that the living still visit their long-departed relatives.
Recently, Holger said something unusual has appeared on this plot of land: Signs bearing an out-of-state phone number, advertising “natural burials.”
“Right away I was like, ‘Huh. Never seen that before,’ ” Holger said, whose Whitewater Valley tours bring her to this area regularly.
The company selling those burial services is Destination Destiny, based in New Jersey, which is working to claim ownership of this old pioneer cemetery. ....

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Cape towns explore earmarking space for green burials


WELLFLEET More and more businesses are looking at ways of going green. On the Cape, that could also eventually include cemeteries.
The town s Cemetery Commission invited commissioners from other Cape towns including Brewster, Eastham, Falmouth, Orleans, Provincetown and Wellfleet to take part in a Zoom call Feb. 17 to discuss green burials and what it would take to offer them on the Cape.
Green burial options forgo embalming with formaldehyde
While traditional burials involve embalming a body with formaldehyde before putting it into a casket and then inside a concrete vault, green burials forgo the embalming and vaults and require that a body be buried in biodegradable shrouds or caskets.  ....

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