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Saint
Mary Cemetery

110 North Street

Ridgefield , CT 06877

203-438-3606

Memorial Regulations

 

General Provisions

No monument, headstone, footstone may be erected or placed on a burial plot or interment/inurnment space if there is an outstanding balance either for the purchase of the lot or any Cemetery fees.

 

Ø       The Cemetery must approve all markers, prior to the setting, erected or placement of a marker.  The Monument Company is required to submit a full set of scale drawings with all dimensions and lettering to the cemetery for approval.

 

Ø       Only the designated marker type will be allowed on the grave site.

 

Ø       No statuary, vases, or porcelain likenesses may be incorporated into the monument design.

 

Ø       The Cemetery is responsible for the preparation of foundations and the fee, as set annually by the Diocese of Bridgeport, must be paid in advance.

 

Ø       One footstone per interment/inurnment in each grave.

 

Ø       VA Mark ers are set by the cemetery personnel.

 

 

Flush Markers

 

Ø       In the urn garden – only one flush marker may be set on each gravesite.

 

Ø       For single graves – only one flush marker for each interment/inurnment may be set on each gravesite.

 

Ø       Maximum size is 3’0” x 1’2”

 

Slant Markers                                                                                       

Ø       Slant markers are allowed on single graves, in designed areas only.  No slant markers are permitted in double plots.

 

Upright Markers

Ø      Upright markers maximum size limitations are based on the size and configuration of the plot(s).

 

Ø       For the purpose of determining the maximum size of headstone, the number of graves will be based on the number of consecutively adjoined side-by-side graves. 

 

Ø      The Cemetery will advise of any special circumstances or conditions in the placement of monuments.


 

Maximum Dimensions of Monuments

dimensions

 

 

Single Grave, Slant Mark er

2 or 3 side-by-side graves

4 side-by-side graves

A

2’0”

4’0”

5’0”

B

10”

1’2”

1’6”

C

8”

8”

8”

D

2’0”

3’2”

4’2”

E

1’6”

2’6”

2’6”

 

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