03/25/2026
FAIRVIEW CEMETERY NOTICE
FROM NOVEMBER 1 TO APRIL 1
Any appropriate winter decorations may be used such as but not limited to: wreaths, burial blankets, artificial flowers, etc. All Christmas flowers and decorations will be removed no later than March 15. Digging of holes on lots/spaces, or the mutilation of sod for any reason is specifically forbidden. Artificial floral bouquets and cut flowers may be placed in the approved type vases during the entire year but may be removed when the flowers become withered, faded, or unsightly. The City reserves the right to regulate the method of decorating lots/spaces so that a uniform beauty may be maintained.
FROM APRIL 1 TO NOVEMBER 1
ONLY ARTIFICIAL BOUQUETS AND CUT FLOWERS WILL BE PERMITTED AS LOT/SPACE DECORATIONS DURING APRIL 1 TO NOVEMBER 1 OF EACH YEAR WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE MEMORIAL, MARKER, HEADSTONE, AND/OR BASE/FOUNDATION. Exceptions to the dates listed above are EASTER, MOTHER'S DAY, FATHER'S DAY, MEMORIAL DAY, and VETERAN’S DAY. At these excepted times, other appropriate decorations may be used for one week (7 days) only (e.g., boxes, potted plants, wreaths, etc...) such decorations will be picked up one week (7 days) after the above excepted day(s). Artificial floral bouquets and cut flowers may be placed in the approved type vases during the entire year but may be removed when the flowers become withered, faded, or unsightly. The City reserves the right to regulate the method of decorating lots/spaces so that a uniform beauty may be maintained.
FLORAL REGULATIONS
The City and or its assigns shall have authority to remove all floral designs, flowers, weeds, shrubs, plants, or herbage of any kind, from the Cemetery as soon as, in the sole judgment of the Cemetery Caretaker, they become unsightly, dangerous, detrimental, or deceased, or when they do not conform to the standards maintained. The City shall not be liable for floral pieces, baskets, or frames in which, or to which, such floral pieces for funeral services held in the Cemetery. The City shall not be liable for lost, misplaced, or broken flower vases, or for plantings damaged by elements, thieves, vandals, or for other causes beyond its control. Glass containers for flowers or wire used for anchoring or stabilizing decorative materials are extremely dangerous to visitors, and to Cemetery workers using modern mowing and spraying equipment, and the use of wire or glass or other shatterable materials is strictly forbidden.
ALL DECORATIONS IN GENERAL SHALL BE A PART OF THE MONUMENT, MARKER, HEADSTONE, AND/OR ITS FOUNDATION, AND MAY NOT EXTEND IN THE FRONT OR REAR OF THE MONUMENT, MARKER, AND/OR HEADSTONE AREA.
LITTERING, GUN SHELLS, WEAPONS, GOLF BALLS OR ANY OTHER OBJECTS THAT COULD BECOME PROJECTILES DURING MOWING OR WHICH ARE NOT REASONABLY OR NORMALLY USED IN A CEMETERY ARE PROHIBITED IN ALL AREAS OF THE CEMETERY.
THANK YOU,
GRANT CEMETERY BOARD
