Grave Decorations - Non-conforming

Most frequent non-conformance issues:

• Only permanent plant urns are allowed on the ground, not plastic hanging pots or small temporary pots.
• Solar light must be next to marker or in plant urn.
• Personal objects not allowed on graves except between Mother's Day and Father's Day.
• Fragile items that were already broken were removed.

At Memorial Gardens Christus and Devotion, the goal is to get everything out of the main lane between marker rows to give the riding mowers a clear path. Permanent planters on the ground should ideally be inline with marker rows. Large objects (usually in a heart shape) that don't function as a shepherd's hook and don't have a plant hanging from them are equivalent to monuments, which are not allowed in Christus or Devotion.

The photos below are representative examples and are not a complete list of non-conforming gravesites. Portrait mode photos are first, then landscape mode. Sorted by grave location within each group. Click on a photo to get the large version (about 2 MB).

Christus-000-0-Thedens: Large heart same as monument. Solars s/b next to markers.

 

Christus-002-C-Sampson: Large heart same as monument.

 

Christus-003-A-Post: Small pots on ground, unused Shepherd's hook.

 

Christus-015-D-Marana: Personal objects on marker and box next to it.

 

Christus-018-C-Hoffman: Temporary hanging plants sitting on ground.

 

Christus-159-C-Smieja: Large cross same as monument.

 

Christus-021-B-Buscher: Plastic flowers not in urn. Banner is a personal object.

 

Christus-027-A-Hanson: Small pots on markers.

 

Christus-041-B-Tank: Move urn stands adjacent to markers.

 

Christus-054-C-DeChaine: Unused urn stand.

 

Christus-076-C-Johnson: Large heart same as monument. Sign is personal object.

 

Christus-077-C-Kuhn: Lots of personal objects.

 

Christus-099-A-Fields: Two posts not used as shepherd's hooks.

 

Christus-103-D-Johnson: Unused urn stand. Cemented in - can't remove :-(.

 

Christus-177-D-Sjodin: Small temporary pot (and broken, besides).

 

Columbarium: Nothing should be in front - obscures bottom row inscriptions.

 

Devotion-004-A-Cantu: Too many small personal items

 

Devotion-004-A-Harris: Too many small personal items

 

Devotion-009-C-Gilbert: Too many small personal items

 

Devotion-186-B-Miller: Inappropriate pot for urn stand

 

Devotion-Babyland-Bednarek: Too many small personal items

 

Devotion-Babyland-Berry: Too many small personal items

 

Devotion-Babyland-Bowen: Unmaintained pot w/deteriorating stuffed animals

 

Devotion-Babyland-Zak: Too many small personal items

 

Evergreen-14-123-BabyGraves: Allow anything anytime in baby lots?

 

Evergreen-44-043-Schubert: Broken concrete flower pot

 

Evergreen-44-103-Erickson: Plant stand with weedy flower pots

 

Evergreen-44-185-Sullivan: Too many items?

 

Evergreen-44-186-Endres-OK: NO VIOLATION - just to show a great flower holder

 

Evergreen-44-187-Nelson: Non-weatherproof items getting wet & deteriorating

 

Evergreen-47-032-Kelly: Inappropriate hanging basket in urn stand

 

Evergreen-47-068-Bedal: Empty concrete flower pot

 

Evergreen-47-075-Larson: Broken flower urn

 

Evergreen-47-082-Kounkel: Personal items out of season

 

Evergreen-47-134-Rydberg: Unmaintained inappropriate hanging planters on ground

 

Evergreen-47-147-Norris: Item in poor taste (scarecrow)

 

Evergreen-47-164-Barstad: Broken plastic flower pot