Cemetery Commission Minutes 06.09.2021

  

Present: Polly Freese, Ethel MacStubbs and Bridget Howell Meeting commenced at 11:00 a.m.

 

Minutes of May 12, 2021 meeting accepted subject to typos corrected.

 

Polly received $435.79 bill from Millers for fixing leaks in Cemetery 3. Bill will be paid out of Cemetery Maintenance Trust Fund. Ethel will submit bill to Trustees.

 

Polly received letter from Dawn Barkley asking to put DAR marker on David Fisher Jr.’s grave in Cemetery no. 2. Polly wrote letter to her authorizing placement. Would happen in Sept. Call from Ms. Barkley saying there will be between 40-50 people there. Polly informed her there is no parking lot and police would have to be contacted to arrange street parking. Polly informed her there is no space for big reception in Cemetery.  Dawn asked if stone would be cleaned.

Polly called Carol Richard who said she would look at gravestone and clean it. Polly told Dawn to please call with date and number of people. 

 

Military service medallions brass or metal medallions were taken by volunteer Scott Carbee, who is or will replace them with ones that are generic.

 

Polly reports  Clarence and Effie Edwards buried in Lot 130. We need Lot 230 probed for resale since it is not apparent if there is a burial there. Polly will contact  Dan Keaveny to get that done. Effie will call Bob Edwards about  accuracy of 5 burials shown in one lot.

 

Summer meeting of NH Cemetery Commission is on 7/21/2021 at 8:00 am at Stratham Hill Park in Stratham. We will need to rsvp if anyone going. Polly cannot go. Ethel and Bridget unsure at this point. Green burials is topic. 

 

Stone for Hale grave in lot 206 is off its base. Kaufold has been called.

 

Bridget thinks form for deed needs updating. Polly notes current form was approved by counsel for Town. 

 

Monadnock Insurance Company, sent certificate of insurance for Andy Grant Tree Service . It is in Polly’s files.

 

Trustees agreed to continue after official meeting with doing recording keeping work for database.

Meeting ended at 1:00 pm.

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