Schedule of Rates and Charges
| Grave & Perpetual Care - Resident | $400.00 ($325.00 Grave/$75.00 PC) |
| Grave & Perpetual Care - Non-Resident | $800.00 ($725. 00 Grave/$ 75.00 PC) |
| Complete Interment Service Includes chapel, greens and equipment Hillside Cemetery is not equipped to provide graveside committal |
Adult -
$400.00 Child - $50.00 Cremains (Ashes) - $75.00 |
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On
previously purchased lots or graves on which perpetual care has not been
paid, perpetual care of $75.00 per grave must be paid in full before any grave opening or activity |
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| Columbarium - Resident | $600.00 |
| Columbarium - Non-Resident | $750.00 |
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Columbarium charges include purchase of niche, first open & close, engraving of niche front with last name(s), first name(s), birth year(s) |
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| Disinterment & Reinterment in Hillside Cemetery | Adult
- $400.00 Child - $200.00 Cremains (Ashes) - $150.00 |
| Disinterment for Removal to Another Cemetery | Adult -
$400.00 Child - $ 200.00 Cremains (Ashes) - $ 75.00 |
| Reinterment from Another Cemetery | Adult -
$400.00 Child - $ 200.00 Cremains (Ashes) - $ 75.00 |
| Additional Charges | |
| Funerals Entering Cemetery after 3:30 pm | $ 50.00 |
| Saturday Burial | $ 75.00 |
| Sunday/Holiday Burial Holiday is defined as any day a city employee is paid for a holiday, not legal holidays only |
$125.00 |
| Foundations | $10.00 per cubic foot; minimum of $1 00.00. Pouring May 1 and October 1 or as needed. |
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All charges must be paid in advance |
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A winter wreath, grave blanket or one pot of artificial flowers may be placed on graves from November 1st until April 1st of each year. Any decorations not removed by April 1st will be considered abandoned and they will be removed and disposed of by the cemetery management.
One American flag or State of Michigan flag per grave, no larger than 8.5 x 11", can be placed at graves between April 1st and November 15th.
One pot of fresh flowers only may be maintained on graves from April 1st to November 1st of each year. Flower pots or urns designed to hold fresh flowers will be permitted on graves or in a cemetery-approved pipe stand designed for this purpose. Any pots not in use by July 1st will be removed. Receptacles for cut flowers will not be permitted.
The planting of hedges or flowers on graves or lots is strictly prohibited. Existing hedges, trees, flowers, and shrubs will be removed whenever they become unsightly or dangerous or encroach upon an adjoining lot or path. Plantings shall be permitted only under supervision of the DPW Supervisor.
Placement of decorations on lots or graves that do not fall within the guidelines of the cemetery rules and regulations will be removed. This includes markers or decorations made of material other than granite, marble or bronze, ornamental lawn monuments, decorative stone, and eternal flames. Cemetery grounds will be monitored by the DPW Supervisor and decorations not in compliance with rules and regulations will be removed. A Spring cemetery clean-up is performed in mid-March and a Fall cemetery clean-up is performed in mid-October. Decorations from the prior period should be removed by these times to maintain the year-round appearance of the cemetery.
Placement of decorative items on gravesites such as fencing, edging, borders, broken stone, in ground plantings or other items that interfere with the care and maintenance of cemetery lots is prohibited.
To view the complete Hillside Cemetery Rules and Regulations click here