Help small cemeteries with upkeep costs

In a little more than a month, we will be going to the cemeteries to put flowers on our loved ones' graves. Have you ever wondered how a cemetery is taken care of? Probably not. They paid for their lot and what you called perpetual care. But with today's costs, that doesn't amount to anything.

These little cemeteries are hurting for money and I wonder how some of them are doing it without going into their reserves. When that is gone, so is the cemetery.

They do get help from their township and so much for care of soldiers' graves, depending on what county you are in. The rest has to come from interest and with today's rates, ouch.

For Mount Harmony Cemetery, it costs $3,175. We receive $965.00 and the rest has to come from interest. So do a little math. Help out these small cemeteries where your loved ones are.

I am not just asking for Mount Harmony but all small cemeteries in Iowa.

Helen Jennings

Garber