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1st Annual Lighting of the Memorial Tree
The Lakefield Cemetery will be hosting our 1st Annual Memorial Tree Lighting on December 11th, 2019 at 7:00pm in our new Gazebo on the cemetery grounds. For the Tree Lighting Ceremony we will have a Celebrant on hand to give a non-denominational reflection which will...
What is Decoration Day?
Annually on the third Sunday in June at the Lakefield Cemetery we celebrate Decoration Day. Decoration Day is a time honoured tradition where families visit the cemetery to pay respects to their loved ones by tidying up gravesites, cleaning cemetery memorials and...
The Fog of Grief and Paperwork
We have all heard the term “Fog of Grief”, that hazy, out of focus feeling, felt when we have experienced loss in our life. After the loss of a loved one we are confronted with the task of making many time sensitive decisions that are accompanied by what seems like a...
Cemetery Etiquette
Cemeteries are more than just places for the dead. Today cemeteries are some of the last remaining protected green spaces open to the public. This means that cemeteries are now being visited not only by living descendants of the deceased but by those wishing to...
Beyond A Goodbye: How to Create a Meaningful Graveside Service
From our experience we have found that cremation trends and changing attitudes toward the value of traditional services have often left families struggling to plan meaningful graveside services. With traditional burial there is often a finite amount of time between...
How to Clean a Cemetery Memorial
In the spring of the year and as we approach Decoration Day we are often asked about ways to clean cemetery memorials. Over time, regardless of whether your cemetery memorial is granite, bronze, marble, upright or flat exposure to the elements will cause deterioration...
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