All business related to the Oakdale Cemetery
may be done through the Superintendent of Burials whose office is
located at the Department of Public Works office, 195 North Main Street,
during normal business hours, Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to
4:00 p.m. The office will be closed on all legal holidays and weekends.
Sale of lots at Oakdale Cemetery shall be restricted
to residents or former residents of the Town of Middleton, with the
following restrictions to former residency purchases:
A. Any former resident of the Town of Middleton must
show proof of former residency before said sale of lot and be restricted
to the sale of no more than a two-grave lot.
B. Former residency purchases shall be subject to the
fee structure established by the Board of Selectmen/Cemetery Commissioners
which may be adjusted from time to time. All graves are sold with
perpetual care.
(1) The fee structure is as follows:
(b)
Double-grave lot: $1,200.
(2) All other interment fees shall apply at the time of
interment.
C. Lots are sold for cash only and payment is to be made
to the Town of Middleton. The deed of a lot shall not be delivered,
no stone or marker may be erected, and no work will be done on the
lot until the purchase price is fully paid.
D. A maximum of four graves may be purchased by any one household. Any
requests for more than four graves must be first approved by the Board
of Selectmen after a recommendation received in writing by the Superintendent
of Public Works.
[Added 3-15-2016; amended 3-29-2016]
E. No lot or grave at the Oakdale Cemetery shall be sold to anyone who
is not a resident of the Town of Middleton at the time of such sale.
Nonresidents may be interred if they are the owner of the lot or are
related by blood or marriage to the owner of such lot or a member
of the immediate family (parent, spouse, grandparent, sibling, daughter,
son, grandchildren, son-in-law or daughter-in-law) of such owner.
There is an additional charge for the interment of a nonresident.
[Added 3-15-2016; amended 3-29-2016]
All funerals must enter the Cemetery through
the main gate and upon entering shall be under the charge of the Superintendent
or his assistants.
The term "perpetual care" shall mean the maintenance
of the lot or grave in reasonable condition. This include cutting
the grass at proper intervals, pruning trees and shrubs, raking and
cleaning the grounds and raising the sunken graves. Under this agreement
the Department does not bind itself to maintain, repair or replace
any structure erected thereon, nor plant ornamental flowers or shrubs,
nor to regularly water the grass or flowers.
The Department of Public Works will take every
reasonable precaution to protect the private property of lot and grave
owners within the Cemetery from loss or damage, but it disclaims all
responsibility for loss or damage from causes beyond its control,
especially from the acts of thieves, vandals, malicious mischief makers
and from the acts of Providence, including wind, hail, snow and frost.
[Amended 3-15-2016; 3-29-2016]
B. Weekend funeral (excavation):
C. Cremation interment (with service):
D. Cremation interment (without service): $50.
G. Compressor for frost: $30.
I. Double-grave lot: $1,200.
K. In addition to lot costs there is an additional fee
of $5 for recording of deed.