Mort 3018 Cemeteries Exam With Complete Solutions

monuments/markers/memorials - ANSWERa structure, usually of stone or metal erected to commemorate the life, deeds, or career of a deceased person; from the Latin word meaning to remind marker - ANSWERa small headstone usually of one piece used to identify individual graves memorial - ANSWERa physical object that is designed for the purpose of remembering epitaph - ANSWERan inscription placed on a monument to commemorate the deeds or qualities of the departed cenotaph - ANSWERa monument erected to the memory of the dead with the dead human body not present temporary - ANSWERusually provided by the funeral director or cemetery to temporarily mark the grave until a permanent marker of monument is placed flush marker - ANSWERa small headstone which is set with its top even with the surrounding terrain bevel top marker - ANSWERa small headstone set above ground with a slightly slanting top slant marker - ANSWERa cemetery marker that has a face that has an angle greater than 45 degrees but less than 90 degrees in relationship to the terrain bench - ANSWERa type of cemetery memorial consisting of a top piece supported by two standards sued to identify family burial plots or used in conjunction with a family monument upright: vertical tablet - ANSWERa type of cemetery monument in which the die is taller than it is wide upright: horizontal tablet - ANSWERa type of cemetery monument in which the die is wider than it is tall parts- base - ANSWERthe lower or supporting part of a monument in some monuments, there may be a first second and third base parts- die (tablet) - ANSWERa main part of a monument the upright portion above the base where the inscription is located materials - ANSWERgranite, bronze, marble, slate columbarium - ANSWERa structure room or space in a mausoleum or other building containing niches or recesses used to hold cremated remains niche - ANSWERa recess or space in a columbarium used for the permanent placing of cremated remains the aesthetic covering for the foot cap or inner foot panel of the casket mausoleum - ANSWERa building containing crypts or vaults for entombment; an above ground structure for burial crypt - ANSWERa chamber in a mausoleum of sufficient size generally used to contain the casket ed remains of a deceased persons cemetery - ANSWERan area of ground set aside and dedicated for the final disposition of dead human bodies, any area of ground containing 6 or more burials public cemeteries - ANSWERmunicipal supported, county supported, state supported, federal supported municipal supported - ANSWERcemeteries owned and operated (or operation contracted) by cities or villages county supported - ANSWERcemeteries owned and operated (or operation contracted) by counties state supported - ANSWERcemeteries owned and operated (or operation contracted) by states federal supported - ANSWERcemeteries owned and operated by branches of the us government or branches of the military 1- dept. of interior national cemeteries 2- veterans affairs national cemeteries 3- dept of the army national cemeteries 4- military base cemeteries 5- american battle monuments commission private cemeteries - for profit - ANSWERowned by a individual or corporation with the profit retained by those individuals or corporation single entity - ANSWERcemetery only dual entity - ANSWERcemetery and funeral home non profit - ANSWERowned by a corporation with a board of trustees profits returned to operation or placed in trust family cemetery - ANSWERa small private burial place for members of the immediate or extended family, typically found in rural areas and often but not always near a residence, different from a family plot which is an area reserved for family members within a larger cemetery memorial park - ANSWERa cemetery or section of a cemetery with only flush to the ground type markers church cemeteries - ANSWERowned by a single church diocesan cemeteries - ANSWERowned by a Catholic church sectarian cemeteries - ANSWERowned by a religious group usually representing several churches or synagogues owner of record - ANSWERoriginal purchaser of the cemetery property life estate - ANSWERa right by the spouse of the owner of record or any subsequent person who controls the property to be buried on that property assuming space is available deed in trust - ANSWERa right given only to the owner of record to reserve graves for a named person or persons perpetual care - ANSWERa way of setting aside funds for the permanent care of cemetery property the state of MN requires 20% of purchase (or selling) price to placed in a trust when a grave is purchased to be used for this, 15% required for mausoleum crypts property ownership - ANSWERproperty owner does not own cemetery property, but the right to be 'perpetually interred' laws of decent - ANSWERcemetery stays in bloodline of owner of record, control of property falls to: oldest child of majority youngest child of majority OR oldest son of majority oldest daughter of majority youngest son of majority youngest daughter of majority cemetery rules and regulations - ANSWERmay make reasonable rules and regs governing operations and requirements such as: access times, vault requirements, flower regulations, monument/marker types, deed in trust regulations and limits, reselling requirements, procedures for reclaiming property