David Charles Sloane

It's a really big issue. If you lived in Syracuse, New York, or Los Angeles for a long time, you can actually go to the cemeteries where your parents, your siblings, your grandparents, your great-grandparents are buried. You and I... I don't have anybody buried in Los Angeles.

My great-grandparents were buried in Ironton, Ohio, then Youngstown, Ohio, then Syracuse. And my connection to those cemeteries obviously is greater than most people's because it's my family. But I can imagine how it's quite easy to say, oh, we can't go to Grandpa's grave site because it's in Ohio. And so it's not connecting. We don't connect in the same way to the cemetery.

My great-grandparents were buried in Ironton, Ohio, then Youngstown, Ohio, then Syracuse. And my connection to those cemeteries obviously is greater than most people's because it's my family. But I can imagine how it's quite easy to say, oh, we can't go to Grandpa's grave site because it's in Ohio. And so it's not connecting. We don't connect in the same way to the cemetery.

My great-grandparents were buried in Ironton, Ohio, then Youngstown, Ohio, then Syracuse. And my connection to those cemeteries obviously is greater than most people's because it's my family. But I can imagine how it's quite easy to say, oh, we can't go to Grandpa's grave site because it's in Ohio. And so it's not connecting. We don't connect in the same way to the cemetery.

And this is what Greenwood and Mount Auburn and places in the Midwest have tried to do, is to give you a new way to connect.

And this is what Greenwood and Mount Auburn and places in the Midwest have tried to do, is to give you a new way to connect.

And this is what Greenwood and Mount Auburn and places in the Midwest have tried to do, is to give you a new way to connect.

One, they can either get bought up by somebody who wants the cemetery for some reason, and they can become part of a larger enterprise, and they'll build a mausoleum on land that they didn't think they could use, etc.,

One, they can either get bought up by somebody who wants the cemetery for some reason, and they can become part of a larger enterprise, and they'll build a mausoleum on land that they didn't think they could use, etc.,

One, they can either get bought up by somebody who wants the cemetery for some reason, and they can become part of a larger enterprise, and they'll build a mausoleum on land that they didn't think they could use, etc.,

There are big corporations who have bought up dozens and dozens of funeral homes and now control much of the funeral market in the United States. And they started to buy cemeteries. But most cemeteries are not private enterprises. Most cemeteries are nonprofits or they're public. It didn't go as well. It's not like they have as expansive a set of holdings.

There are big corporations who have bought up dozens and dozens of funeral homes and now control much of the funeral market in the United States. And they started to buy cemeteries. But most cemeteries are not private enterprises. Most cemeteries are nonprofits or they're public. It didn't go as well. It's not like they have as expansive a set of holdings.

There are big corporations who have bought up dozens and dozens of funeral homes and now control much of the funeral market in the United States. And they started to buy cemeteries. But most cemeteries are not private enterprises. Most cemeteries are nonprofits or they're public. It didn't go as well. It's not like they have as expansive a set of holdings.

They do have a considerable number of cemeteries, but what they bring to it is they bring the mowers you're going to use can be cheaper because you're going to get them from them. The trimmer is the same thing. If they own three cemeteries, they can have one gang of mowers that go from one to the other to the other. They try to do cost cuts that are not negative to the business.

They do have a considerable number of cemeteries, but what they bring to it is they bring the mowers you're going to use can be cheaper because you're going to get them from them. The trimmer is the same thing. If they own three cemeteries, they can have one gang of mowers that go from one to the other to the other. They try to do cost cuts that are not negative to the business.

They do have a considerable number of cemeteries, but what they bring to it is they bring the mowers you're going to use can be cheaper because you're going to get them from them. The trimmer is the same thing. If they own three cemeteries, they can have one gang of mowers that go from one to the other to the other. They try to do cost cuts that are not negative to the business.

Second is that the people who own the cemetery or manage the cemetery reach out to the people who have people buried there. And they say, we need your help because we no longer have the funds to maintain the cemetery. And so there's groups that started to be created, say, in the 80s and 90s called Friends Organizations of Cemeteries.

Second is that the people who own the cemetery or manage the cemetery reach out to the people who have people buried there. And they say, we need your help because we no longer have the funds to maintain the cemetery. And so there's groups that started to be created, say, in the 80s and 90s called Friends Organizations of Cemeteries.

Second is that the people who own the cemetery or manage the cemetery reach out to the people who have people buried there. And they say, we need your help because we no longer have the funds to maintain the cemetery. And so there's groups that started to be created, say, in the 80s and 90s called Friends Organizations of Cemeteries.

And they will often, in smaller cities or smaller cemeteries, they'll become really the maintenance crew. They'll bring their own mowers. They'll tend the graves. They'll make everything happen. And so that happens. And that's happened quite a lot.