Green Burials

Families that wish to post or change information on an obituary contact the funeral home, or email the funeral director.

Green Burials and Living Memorials.

With a green burial, there is no embalming. The body is enclosed in a biodegradable container (such as a cardboard coffin, pine box or natural fiber shroud, and placed directly into the earth rather than into an outer concrete grave liner or vault. A flat memorial stone or planting may serve as a grave marker. Or there may be no marker at all.

Here is a list of cemeteries in this area where they allow a green burial:

Brewster
Marion (cremated remains only)
Mount Auburn Cemetery (Cambridge)
South Wellfleet

*Please note that the city or town cemeteries may require residency in order to be buried there.

Cremation Living Memorials

Planting a tree to honor your loved one’s memory is a beautiful way to “give back” to the environment while establishing a living memorial that you can visit. If your loved one is buried far away from where you live, or if you scattered their remains at sea, you can planting a memorial tree establishes a physical location to which you can go to visit and remember.