(Effective 10/1/20)
BURIAL CHARGES
LOTS/GRAVES
Lots (per grave) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3100
SINGLE GRAVES ……………………………….$1750 – $2550
TRIPLE DEPTH GRAVE ………………………..$2,000
BABY GRAVES ………………………………….$400.00
MAUSOLEUM/SARCOPHAGUS LOTS ………..$75 Per Sq. Ft.
10% of cost of Mausoleum/sarcophagus to M&P Fund
INTERMENTS (Opening Charges)
Single depth/Extra depth ……..…………………….$1400.00
CHILDREN (outside box required)
Box up to 5 ft. only ……………………………….. $ 350.00
CREMATED REMAINS……………………………$ 400.00
MAUSOLEUM/SARCOPHAGUS
Zinc Liner required on caskets in all mausoleums
Private (not including handling of ledger)………….$500.00
Public………………………………………………..$400.00
NON-TITLE (6 deep-casket required)
(33” maximum casket)………………………………$600.00
OVER-SIZED NON-TITLE………………………….$1200.00
(Anything over 33”)
DEEPENING (Regular depth grave-concrete vault)
(Disinterment permit required)………………………$1600.00
DISINTERMENT GRAVES
DISINTERMENT FROM NON-TITLE SITES IS NOT PERMITTED.
Single depth ………………………………………………………$1600.00
Extra depth ………………………………………………………..$1800.00
CHILDREN
Up to 3 ft. box……………………………………………………$ 600.00
CREMAINS……………………………………………………….$ 600.00
MAUSOLEUM
Private…………………………………………………………….$ 500.00
Public……………………………………………………………..$ 400.00
NICHES…………………………………………………………….$150.00
REMOVAL OF CREMAINS FOR INTERMENT IN
SAME GRAVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$100.00
CHAPEL SERVICE ONLY (WEEKDAYS)
No charge if cremation or burial occurs at Evergreen Cemetery. Please limit service to 1 hour.
Each additional 30 minutes…………………………………………. $250.00
CHAPEL SERVICE ONLY (SATURDAYS)
No Charge for first hour – (arrival by 10:00 AM only)
Each additional 30 minutes ………………………………………….$250.00
Funeral Directors may receive invoices if services go over the allotted times.
CREMATION CHARGES
Cardboard…..………………………………………………..$200.00
Wood/Flake board Casket……………………………..$350.00
Same Day Service – Our goal is to provide service as quickly as possible for all your cremation needs. Please note that the Cemetery will always make every attempt to provide same day service WHEN NECESSARY at no extra charge, however, we do ask that you be reasonable with your requests for this service.
Child (under 1 year old)………………..…………..…..$80
Disinterred Casket-Wood/Flake board…………..$700
Mailing Charges
Temporary Container………………………$100
(Subject to change due to postal increase)
Separation of Cremains- Regular charges plus $25 for each separation.
Opening Charges for Cremated Remains……………………..$400
Witnessing Cremation Service-regular charges plus $50 (until 2:00 p.m. only weekdays) (No witness on Saturday)
Garden of Remembrance
Cremains gravesite – (Flat marker)…………… $425 – $525 (+ $400 to open)
(Upright marker)……. $550 – $750 (+ $400 to open)
Granite Memorial Bench………………….$2500
**Name memorialization on paver brick…………………….$45.00
Columbarium
Niche …………………………..$600 – $1000
Opening and Sealing ……$150
Scattering Garden
Usage-one cremains……………$150
**Plant a Tree
Plant Tree with marker……………………….$150.
Ceremony/ plant tree with marker …………………..$175.00
Burial of cremains/Ceremony/plant tree with marker……..$ 475.00
Foundation Charges
Minimum Charge………………….$606
Disinterment
Cremains from grave………………..$600
Niches……………………….$150
Removal of cremains for interment in same grave………………….$100
Cremations must be brought in to the Administration Building during business hours.
FOUNDATION CHARGES
Minimum charge …………………………………………..$606.00
Foundation charge per square inch (includes M&P fund)………..$2.00
Application Fee for all new foundations………………………$ 30.00
INSCRIPTIONS
Granite Memorial Bench……………………………………..$750.00
Cenotaph Memorialization……………………………………$250.00
Permit/Application Fee for inscription or any other services performed
on existing memorials, monuments, crypt or niche fronts………….$ 75.00
OVERTIME
The following overtime charges does not guarantee that the Cemetery will be able to open a grave during these times-please check with cemetery office before quoting prices.
Weekdays after 3:00 PM and before 4:00 PM………………$400.00
Saturdays (until 11:30 AM)………………………………..$350.00
Saturdays (from 11:30 AM until 12:00 noon)……………….$500.00
Services must arrive by 11:30 AM or an additional $500.00 will be charged for each additional ½ hour. Office closes at 12:00 noon on Saturdays.
All overtime charges must be paid prior to the service and will be strictly enforced.
Cancellation after grave is opened………….$500.00 – $200.00 (Baby Grave)
Fee may be waived if grave is re-sold and used before the close of business on Saturday of each week.
Same Day Cancellation fee for Non-Title grave (weekdays)……….$200.00
Saturday Cancellation fee………………….$225.00
Covering grave while family is present ……………………..$250.00
(Covering must be scheduled 24 hours prior to interment)
Tent with 4 chairs……………………………………………..$125.00
Chairs in excess of 4………………………………………….$5.00 each
Returned check fee…………………………………………….$ 100.00
RESEARCH/GENEOLOGY…………………………$25.00(minimum)
GENERAL INFORMATION
No interments on Sunday or the following holidays:
New Year’s Day
President’s Day
Good Friday
Memorial Day
July Fourth
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Veterans Day
Thanksgiving
Christmas
Cemetery gates open every day from 8:00 AM – 4:45 PM
Office Hours: 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM – Monday – Friday
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM on Saturdays
Arrangements must be made with the cemetery office as soon as possible so that the cemetery can best accommodate you. Please contact the office with any special or unusual requests as soon as possible.
ORDERS FOR MONDAY INTERMENT – If there is a need for a Monday interment after the close of business on Saturday, PLEASE leave a message at the office and contact the office at 8:30 AM on Monday to schedule. The Cemetery will accommodate you as much as possible with this burial, and will not charge you a same day service fee. However, please remember that we will have to schedule you for the afternoon and that there may be times when an overtime fee will be charged since it is the same day.
All charges are to be paid prior to service and include fees and deposits required by New Jersey Cemetery Laws.
All proper paperwork including any Affidavit and Petition for Payment
vouchers must be submitted prior to service.
No personal checks will be accepted.
THIS office now accepts most major credit cards.
(A 3% processing fee will be added to all credit card transactions)
The telephone answering machine is for providing general information.
NO funeral orders will be accepted on the answering machine (If you are calling after the end of business on Saturday for a Monday burial, please leave a message stating that you will need to conduct a Monday burial and on Monday morning please call with the funeral order).
ALL charges are to be paid prior to service and include fees and deposits required by New Jersey Cemetery Laws.
ALL proper paperwork including any Affidavit and Petition for Payment vouchers must be submitted prior to service or payment until vouchers are received.
An authorization must be signed by the original lot/grave owner or their next of kin (blood relative) for any burial. If there is no next of kin, that must be stated on the authorization form and then and only then would we accept another’s signature.
A vault is required in all sections except non-title/multiple burials or sections designated by the cemetery.
Usually two (2) burials and two (2) cremated burials are allowed in one (1) extra deep grave.
Only one (1) upright monument is permitted on any given lot.
Only one (1) upright, slant or flat marker is permitted on a single grave. If there is an existing marker on a particular grave. ONLY a government marker will be permitted on that same grave.
All flat, slant and upright markers must be set on a foundation.
Foundations will be installed during the periods of April 15th through November 15th each year, weather permitting. The ground must settle before
any foundation can be installed.
Any planting that interferes with the installation of the foundation will be removed without any liability to the cemetery.
All upright monuments must have a bas; base and dye must be set on a foundation.
All ledgers will require two (2) foundations unless otherwise designated by cemetery personnel.
No bronze markers are permitted; only bronze government markers are permitted. Foundations are required for government markers.
All foundations will be poured by cemetery personnel only, unless individual special needs are required.
Porcelain photos will mot be permitted unless a waiver is signed by the family holding the cemetery harmless in the event of damage.
All orders for foundations must be submitted by a monument dealer and approved by cemetery personnel prior to pouring.
Grave location markings must be on all granite markers in ¾ inch lettering and must be legibly engraved on the lower right front of the die. The monument dealer must confirm the lot visited, location of the foundation and the placement of the inscription.
The cemetery is not responsible for any damage to markers or monuments.
Evergreen shall not be liable for any loss or damage caused by acts of God, thefts, malicious mischief, riots or by the orders of any military or civil authorities/any damage in general.
The planting of trees, shrubs and plants are not permitted unless approved by the cemetery.
No railings or enclosures of any type may be erected upon or around any grave or lot.
The cemetery reserves the right to enter any lot and remove any tree, plant or shrub which, in their judgement, shall by its roots, branches or otherwise become detrimental to adjacent lots, avenues or paths, or dangerous or inconvenient to pedestrians or which shall become unsightly by reason of decay or any other cause.
The cemetery is not responsible for vases, urns, jardinieres, hairs or settees placed on lots. Any movable articles should be properly marked with the owner’s name and lot number.
Landscape services available, estimates provided.
All of the above are subject to the Rules, Regulations and By-Laws of The
Evergreen Cemetery.