Funeral directors must give at least 48 hours' notice of all funerals by written notice to the Village of Shiloh.
(A) The Village of Shiloh shall not commence the opening of any grave until written notice is received via a fully completed burial request form.
(B) General hours for the performance of interments are Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. unless extraordinary circumstances exist, and the requested interment has received prior approval from village.
(C) The Village of Shiloh shall be provided 48 hours' notice to locate and open graves. The 48 hours' notice shall commence when the burial request form is received by the Village of Shiloh.
(D) (1) Funeral directors shall provide the dimensions of the burial receptacle and state the date and time when the funeral will arrive at the cemetery. The exact location of the graves in private lots must also be provided.
(2) Funeral directors will be held responsible for damage and loss of time or labor caused by them in providing incorrect information to the Village of Shiloh.
(3) Funeral notices and/or burial requests are scheduled by written notice to the Village of Shiloh Municipal Building during regularly scheduled business hours Monday through Friday 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
(E) Graves will be opened on the order of funeral directors and lot owners, but no interment will be made without the proper certificate from the Illinois Department of Public Health or approved disposition authorization. Any burial must have a designated witness in attendance. Parties claiming burials in private lots must prove their ownership by providing their deed and, if they are not the owners or legal heirs, they must file a written order signed by the owner(s) or the legal representative(s).
(F) One interment shall be made in any one grave, except for permitted exceptions provided for in this section.
(G) Burial of bodies, body parts, infants, or ashes in a wooden container is not permitted. The outside receptacle must be concrete or a vault, except for infants up to one year of age.
(H) Village of Shiloh staff or other designated cemetery caretakers as assigned by the Village of Shiloh shall oversee all funerals from the time they enter the cemetery. Processions shall follow designated routes and automobiles shall be parked, as directed.
(I) Two urns of cremated remains are permitted in a single grave space. Each set of cremated remains will be in its own container for burial. Monuments placed for such double interments must meet the specified regulations for the cemetery section in which the burial takes place. Two names will be allowed on such monuments. In no instance will two separated monuments be permitted on one grave space.
(J) Burial of one cremated remains may be interred with a full single burial in a single grave. Monuments placed for such double interments must meet the specified regulations for the cemetery section in which the burial takes place. Two names will be allowed on such monuments. In no instance will two separated monuments be allowed except in the instance of a veteran's monument.
(K) The cemetery permits the burial of one parent/child interment in the same grave space and same casket. The Village of Shiloh reserves the right to approve every parent/child burial on an individual basis, depending on the size and age of the deceased. The general guideline will be a parent and child under the age of two years. Monument regulations are the same as for any other burial in the section. Two names will be allowed on such monuments.
(Ord. 2019-05-06B, passed 5-6-2019)