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Cemetery Hours
Opens at Sunrise
Closes at Sunset

CEMETERY GUIDELINES
SAINT JOSEPH CEMETERY
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, LINN COUNTY, IOWA

Corporate Secretary Board Secretary
Father Nick March Jessica Shoger

Director Director Director
Roger Blietz Mark Haight Beth Teahen

Lot Fees

Description	Prices
In-Ground Grave Site for One Full Burial or, In-Ground Grave Site for Two Cremains or, In-Ground Grave Site for One Full Burial and One Cremains	$800.00
In-Ground Individual Cremains Grave Site in Cremation Section	$450.00
Lawn Crypt – (Includes Cemetery Space, Two Burials in Concrete Grave Liner and Bronze Marker)	$3,000.00

Percent Charged to Perpetual Care: 28%

Cemetery Policies and Procedures

All winter decorations must be removed by April 1^st. All Summer decorations by October 15^th.
All decorations on the ground must be removed 14 days after Memorial Day unless they are on the monument or concrete slab out of the way of lawn mowers. Any inquiries, call the St. Jude Church office at 319-390-3520.
The planting of flowers, bushes, plants, trees, etc. is not allowed at the cemetery.
Flowers in containers and statues are allowed only if they are placed on the cement foundation at the ends of the monuments and do not interfere with the mowing. They will be removed if located anywhere else.
Anything breakable (for example, ceramic or glass items), tin cans, wire, containers, or rocks are not allowed. Persons who use them can be held responsible for accidents from them.
Repair and maintenance of monuments, including benches, and abutments are the responsibility of the family.
To erect any type of monument, memorial or permanent fixture other than an appropriate headstone, it is required that:
1. Written permission from the Cemetery Board be obtained so that the site can be properly marked.
2. Easement to the grave and perpetual care fees are paid.
An agreement to obtain an easement to a grave or graves is null and void if after 30 days the easement fee and the perpetual care fee are unpaid. In such a case the Cemetery Board has the right to sell the easement on the grave(s) to another party.
Each burial must have a vault.
There is an agreement with a firm to dig graves. If there is a need for other arrangements, consult the Cemetery Board.
An easement to a grave may not be sold or transferred without the written documentation from the Cemetery Board and a written acknowledgment signed by immediate family members of the original owner of the easement to the grave.
St. Joseph Cemetery accepts with gratitude any donation or other gifts that meet with its approval.
No one on the cemetery board is compensated. The Corporate Secretary and Board Secretary are compensated from non-cemetery funds.
Always remember our beloved dead in your prayers.

Effective: June 1, 2024

- Saint Joseph Cemetery, Linn County, Iowa, Guidelines

St. Jude Catholic Church

Cedar Rapids, IA

Saint Joseph Cemetery

All winter decorations must be removed by April 1^st. All Summer decorations by October 15^th.

All decorations on the ground must be removed 14 days after Memorial Day unless they are on the monument or concrete slab out of the way of lawn mowers. Any inquiries, call the St. Jude Church office at 319-390-3520.

The planting of flowers, bushes, plants, trees, etc. is not allowed at the cemetery.

Flowers in containers and statues are allowed only if they are placed on the cement foundation at the ends of the monuments and do not interfere with the mowing. They will be removed if located anywhere else.

Anything breakable (for example, ceramic or glass items), tin cans, wire, containers, or rocks are not allowed. Persons who use them can be held responsible for accidents from them.

Repair and maintenance of monuments, including benches, and abutments are the responsibility of the family.

To erect any type of monument, memorial or permanent fixture other than an appropriate headstone, it is required that:

Written permission from the Cemetery Board be obtained so that the site can be properly marked.

Easement to the grave and perpetual care fees are paid.

An agreement to obtain an easement to a grave or graves is null and void if after 30 days the easement fee and the perpetual care fee are unpaid. In such a case the Cemetery Board has the right to sell the easement on the grave(s) to another party.

Each burial must have a vault.

There is an agreement with a firm to dig graves. If there is a need for other arrangements, consult the Cemetery Board.

An easement to a grave may not be sold or transferred without the written documentation from the Cemetery Board and a written acknowledgment signed by immediate family members of the original owner of the easement to the grave.

St. Joseph Cemetery accepts with gratitude any donation or other gifts that meet with its approval.

No one on the cemetery board is compensated. The Corporate Secretary and Board Secretary are compensated from non-cemetery funds.

Always remember our beloved dead in your prayers.

Saint Joseph Cemetery

All winter decorations must be removed by April 1st. All Summer decorations by October 15th.

All decorations on the ground must be removed 14 days after Memorial Day unless they are on the monument or concrete slab out of the way of lawn mowers. Any inquiries, call the St. Jude Church office at 319-390-3520.

The planting of flowers, bushes, plants, trees, etc. is not allowed at the cemetery.

Flowers in containers and statues are allowed only if they are placed on the cement foundation at the ends of the monuments and do not interfere with the mowing. They will be removed if located anywhere else.

Anything breakable (for example, ceramic or glass items), tin cans, wire, containers, or rocks are not allowed. Persons who use them can be held responsible for accidents from them.

Repair and maintenance of monuments, including benches, and abutments are the responsibility of the family.

To erect any type of monument, memorial or permanent fixture other than an appropriate headstone, it is required that:

Written permission from the Cemetery Board be obtained so that the site can be properly marked.

Easement to the grave and perpetual care fees are paid.

An agreement to obtain an easement to a grave or graves is null and void if after 30 days the easement fee and the perpetual care fee are unpaid. In such a case the Cemetery Board has the right to sell the easement on the grave(s) to another party.

Each burial must have a vault.

There is an agreement with a firm to dig graves. If there is a need for other arrangements, consult the Cemetery Board.

An easement to a grave may not be sold or transferred without the written documentation from the Cemetery Board and a written acknowledgment signed by immediate family members of the original owner of the easement to the grave.

St. Joseph Cemetery accepts with gratitude any donation or other gifts that meet with its approval.

No one on the cemetery board is compensated. The Corporate Secretary and Board Secretary are compensated from non-cemetery funds.

Always remember our beloved dead in your prayers.

All winter decorations must be removed by April 1^st. All Summer decorations by October 15^th.