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Barrington Cemetery Commission to Construct Cremation Garden

With the growing shortage of open land in Barrington and the overall need for more affordable burials, the Barrington Cemetery Commission has decided to construct its first cremation garden to be located in the southeast corner of Prince's Hill Cemetery on County Road, adjacent to Town Hall.   Cremation burials in our community are growing steadily in number and are now being selected 30% of the time.   Besides cost savings, the Commission feels cremation interment offers more options for the location of final disposition and for the choice of memorials one might use to honor their loved ones.   It is never too soon to set up an attractive location in beautiful surrounding that will receive special long-term care.

     The sketch above provides a perspective of how this development may appear on the knoll around the existing Leander Peck mausoleum, which overlooks the Barrington River.   It will consist of a curvilinear ascending walkway that originates and ends at the east and west extremities of this site.   You can see three sitting areas surrounded by columbarium wall units containing niches for storing urns holding cremation ashes.   The Commission expects to include other cremation sites along the length of the walkway which may be seen as flush in-ground markers or upright tablets.   Construction began in August 2009.

     The Commission welcomes your questions and suggestions about our new cremation garden, which we eventually plan to expand into the southern boundary area of Prince's Hill Cemetery.   For more information, please call 401-245-4736 or submit your inquiry via e-mail: johnamacintyre@fullchannel.net .

Cremation Burials

• A typical cremation burial is more affordable than the traditional full-ground interment, with its likely multiple expenses including those of burial lot, casket, vault, liner, foundation, headstone and funeral director...could be 50% or more less expensive.
• What is columbarium?   It is a burial vault or other structure with recesses (niches) in the walls to received cremation ashes (urns).
• Why purchase a columbarium niche? 
• It is an environment that will be carefully maintained.
• It allows you to purchase additional contiguous niches for other family members.
• Each niche will hold two sets of cremains.
• It allows your loved ones a place to visit and be comforted
• Cremation urns can be transported by family over state lines and through U.S. Mail.
• Columbarium niches conserve land and are a green alternative.