WHAT IS A SHARED MEMORIAL?
- Multiple names inscribed on one headstone or one monument with the burial of cremated remains on or off location.
- Name engravings occuring in advance or following a recent death.
WHY CHOOSE A SHARED MEMORIAL?
- To continue using an area of the cemetery once thought fully subscribed.
- In the case that a large above ground columbarium structure would be inappropriate.
Mount Auburn Cemetery
A stone table at the Mount Auburn Cemetery in Mount Auburn, MA, will have the names of those memorialized hand-carved on its surface. Cremated remains will be buried in the earth below.
Wellesley Congregational Church
Six shared memorials stand at the Wellesley Congregational Church in Wellesley, MA. In a 250-year-old cemetery, where there was thought to be no additional burial space, an unused carriage path was repurposed into a memorial pathway. Cremated remains are interred and names subsequently hand-cut onto both sides of the slate, whose traditional head-and-shoulders silhouettes fit seamlessly into the historic cemetery.
