Springtime will be here before you know it, and CMS Mid-Atlantic is now offering a beautiful way to celebrate your loved one’s memory with stunning floral arrangements. The following seasonal selections are available at our New Jersey and New York cemeteries:

• A Palm Cross for Palm Sunday placement
• A Planter arrangement for Easter placement
• Bouquet arrangements for Mother’s Day or Father’s Day placement
• A Bouquet and Flag for Memorial Day placement

Please contact one of our cemeteries as soon as possible if you would like to order any of these arrangements for your loved one’s gravesite.

Alpine Cemetery Association
(732) 442–0055
www.alpinecemetery.com

Greenwood Cemetery Association
(609) 587–4993
www.greenwoodcemetery.net

Hollywood Memorial Park and Cemetery
(908) 688–4300
www.hollywoodmemorialpark.com

Laurel Grove Cemetery
(973) 956-0711
www.laurelgrovecemetery.com

Restland Memorial Park
(973) 887–2050
www.restlandmemorialpark.org

Vestal Hills Memorial Park
(607) 797–8407
www.vestalhillsmemorialpark.com

Technology has enabled cremated human remains to be turned into jewelry to memorize a loved one. The process involves using the carbon from the cremated remains to create a simulated gemstone. The stones may then be put into customized settings based upon individual taste. With the rise in cremations, this process offers a unique alternative to remember a loved one.

To read more about companies that offer this process visit:

lifegem.com

cremationsolutions.com

The land on which Hollywood Memorial Park and Cemetery lies has historical significance. During the Revolutionary War, the Battle of Connecticut Farms (now Union Township) was fought here in 1780. Hollywood Cemetery was established in 1909 and Hollywood Memorial Park in 1938, consisting of a little more than 125 acres on both sides of Stuyvesant Avenue.

The facility’s caring staff serves thousands of families each year who come to pay tribute and share memories of their loved ones for future generations. Hollywood also is proud that its maintenance and preservation funds rank in the top 2 percent of the not-for-profit regulated cemeteries in New Jersey. These funds assure lot owners that the cemetery will be maintained in perpetuity.

Hollywood has something for everyone: magnificent mausoleums built to serve the community regardless of economic status; the peaceful, park-like setting of a memorial park; and the respect, solitude and tradition of a monument cemetery.

For more information about Hollywood Memorial Park, contact the administrative office at 1-800-CMS-1981 or 888-819-1673.

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The historic Locust Grove Cemetery is located in Twinsburg, which is approximately 20 miles southeast of Cleveland, Ohio.  The city is known for hosting Twins Day, a time when twins from all over the world gather to celebrate each summer.  It is also the final resting place of identical twins Moses and Aaron Wilcox, who attracted new settlers to the town by selling parcels of land in the area. The brothers were business partners who married sisters, and they had the same number of children.  Eventually they contracted the same fatal illness and died within hours of each other.  Moses and Aaron are both buried at the gravesite.

For more information about the history of Twinsburg, visit:http://lwkweb.com/twinsburghistoricalsociety

As we begin a New Year, many of us start thinking about the typical resolutions to lose weight, quit smoking or take an exciting vacation.  One resolution that most people don’t think about is taking the time to pre-plan their funeral and cemetery needs.  Here are some advantages of pre-planning:

• Gives you the opportunity to make decisions together with your family.
• Provides your family with peace of mind in knowing your burial wishes are fulfilled.
• Saves money by securing your arrangements at today’s cost.
• Documents your financial information and personal burial requests.

CMS Mid-Atlantic can help you to succeed at keeping this year’s resolution.  Contact one of our qualified counselors for information about our Eternal Memory Guidebook to pre-plan your burial needs.

CMS Mid-Atlantic Eternal Memory Guidebook

This is the time of year when many of us are celebrating happy times such as Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa or the New Year.  For others, this may be a sad time of grieving the loss of your loved one.  To help cope with the feeling of pain and isolation, try to tailor your grieving in your own personal way.  Some points to remember while grieving:

• Acknowledge that you are experiencing grief.
• Create your own rituals to memorialize your loved one.
• Remember that it’s ok to take comfort enjoying the holidays with your family and friends.
• Reach out to others and ask them to lend an ear.

CMS Mid-Atlantic offers a special program to help with your grieving, called Gatherings for Hope and Healing.  Contact one of our offices for more information about the program.

http://www.cmsmidatlantic.com/index.php?s=counseling

Hart’s Island is a potter’s cemetery in New York City where the unclaimed, unidentified or indigent are buried.  The island is run by the Department of Corrections and access by the general public is forbidden and punishable by law.  The cemetery is maintained by prison inmates from Riker’s Island and the city considers it the Department of Corrections’ property.  Family members may visit their loved ones, under supervision at a small gazebo near the island, but they are not allowed access to the actual gravesite.  Advocacy groups for the family members of the deceased are asking for gravesite visitations and better record keeping of those who are interred at the cemetery.

To read an article about Hart’s Island go to:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/30/hart-island_n_1066391.html?ref=new-york