Cemeteries to Clean Up November 1 - 15
Colorado Springs’
two City-operated cemeteries will conduct their tri-annual clean-up November 1
– 15.
Prior to this
two-week period families and friends are encouraged to remove from
gravesites and headstones any items they wish to save. The November clean-up is
the time when Halloween decorations and other holiday items are removed from the
cemetery, along with tarnished, unsightly, sun-bleached or damaged containers
or flowers.
Typically, the cemeteries allow artificial flowers
in vases or attached to stones to remain, but occasionally they are removed
inadvertently, according to Jody Sanchez -Skamarak, Interim sexton. Artificial flowers must be in urns attached
to the monument or plastic vases. The
cemetery will not allow any glass and pottery.
Their placement must not hinder mowing or other cemetery maintenance.
Although some
regular visitors to the cemeteries dislike the clean-up, it is the management’s
responsibility to keep the grounds free of clutter and prohibited items. The sexton advises visitors to remove any
items of value prior to the clean-up.
As stated in
published cemetery regulations, prohibited items include baskets, boxes,
shells, toys, crockery, glassware, cans and potted plants. Hanging objects including pots, artificial
flowers and wreaths are also prohibited.
For more
information, call Evergreen Cemetery, 1005 Hancock Expressway, at
385-6251 or Fairview Cemetery, 1000
26th St., at 385-6251.
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