Brookfield State and Federal Officials

Commission on Cemeteries

Cemetery Statutes

Proposed Legislation

Find Legislators

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Selected List of Cemetery Related Stories, References and Resources

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Stories

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1994

3/10/1994 Gravestone Sellers Complain of Competition from Church

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2000

4/30/2000 The New York Times, CT Abandoned Cemeteries

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2005

10/26/2005 Wikipedia, PBS A Cemetery Special
10/26/2005 IMDb, PBS Video A Cemetery Special

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2011

10/14/2011 YouTube, Mushroom Burials

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2013

8/28/2013 New Milford Spectrum, Who'll Maintain Cemeteries
10/31/2013 News-Times, Danbury's Bob Young Honored

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2016

6/20/2016 The Hour, Union Cemetery Norwalk CT
10/6/2016 YouTube, Michael Murphy Memorial to Peace and Justice
12/23/2016 The New York Times, Family Cemeteries

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2017

3/3/2017 Witness Stones Project
6/22/2017 The New York Times, Greenwood Hemmed-In
11/2/2017 WTNH, Witness Stones Project Guilford CT

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2018

5/28/2018 The New York Times, Arlington Nearly Full
8/13/2018 NBC News, Neglected Cemeteries: Who's Responsible?
8/28/2018 The New York Times, Genetic Genealogy
12/22/2018 Yahoo, Embalmer on Death
12/24/2018 NEPR, Karen Sprague

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2019

2/23/2019 News-Times, Branchville Ridgefield CT
3/25/2019 The New York Times, Colonial Philadelphia
4/5/2019 Tom Cotton, Arlington: Sacred Duty
5/7/2019 Understanding 501(c)(13) Cemetery Companies
5/26/2019 Middletown Press, Memorial Day Celebration
9/12/2019 Connecticut Explored, Abandoned Cemeteries
12/1/2019 News-Times, CT Cemeteries Fade

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2020

1/20/2020 News-Times, Ridgefield Skeletons
2/12/2020 Hartford Courant, Ringling Bros Fire

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References and Resources

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Wisconsin Cemetery and Cremation Assocation
Epic
Geopath
Ramaker

VGIS.IO
Share Services Co-operatives
Yale New Haven Bank
Yale Ludwig Center

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International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association
New England Cemetery Association

Commissioner CT DPH
CDC: Connecticut Staff Listing
State of CT Telephone Directory (DPH Vital Records: Karyn Backus)
HSSSAR

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Brookfield Cemeteries
Brookfield Town Clerk
Brookfield Conservation Commission
Brookfield Open Space Legacy
CT Cemetery Statutes

NBC New: Neglected Cemeteries
CT Historic Grant Opportunities
11/23/2019 Newstimes, article

Veteran Administration Standards
Brookfield Boy Scout Troop 5

Conserve Art

Weantinoge Land Trust
CT Land Trust
Glastonbury, CT Green Cemetery
Woodbury, CT
Legacymark.com

Pat Hunt, Researcher
National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
APA Cemeteries Report 16
AMA Cemeteries Report 572

Topographix
Omega Mapping

CT Area [Sq Mi]
CT Maps
Hale Library codes

State Tax Index

Proposed Legislation

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Connecticut Cemetery Statutes
Sexton Statutes
Connecticut Law about Funerals and Cremations
CT 7-66 Sexton Reports
- Related legislative updates
Probate Rules of Procedure
CT Court Structure

Veteran Administration Standards
US NPS Historic Preservation

CT Vital Records
Neglected Cemetery Grant
-Guidelines

NY State Dept of Cemeteries
CT LegiScan CEMETERIES
CT Historic Preservation
US Flag Standards Display
US Flag Display Protocol
US Department of Interior, Standards of Historic Preservation

Information

CT Town Clerks
Funeral Service Contracts
CT Licenses: Funeral, Crematory, Embalmer

Vital Records (Vital Chek, Inc)

CauseIQ: Cemeteries
ProPublica Database

CHA PSO registries

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Funeral Homes

Cornell Memorial (Danbury, Brookfield)
Green Funeral (Danbury)
Lillis Funeral Home (New Milford)
Funeralocity

Grave Site Services

Craig Czaja, Czaja Brothers, Inc.
Tom Keane
G.L. Capasso
Sunburst Landscaping
Whitman Vault
Watertown Engineering

Mars Incubator, Nick McGhee

Monument Companies

Monument Builders
MBProBuild.com
Rovelli Monuments (Danbury)
M. H. Schlitter Monuments (Danbury)
Brown's Monument (Monroe)
Saracin Monuments (Mahopac, NY)
Polycor

DesignMart
Granite Values
West Memorial
CJStones
MonuCad
NH Monuments
Independent Stone
KMI Columbaria
Cache Valley Monuments DESIGN
Zakeke online shopping software

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Cemetery, Cremation & Funeral

Gravestone & Monument Societies

Hillenbrand | Batesville | HMIS
SCI Brands
SCI Brands: NYSE
Wilbert
Stone Mor
Ancestry.com

Connecticut Cemetery Association
New England Cemetery Association
Cremation Assn North America
CT Funeral Directors Association
ICCF International

Catholic Cemetery Association
Bridgeport Diocese

CT Vital Records
CT Veterans Memorial
Simsbury

Spotted Dog Tech
Emergency Reporting

Cemetery Conservators United Standards

Association of Gravestone Studies
Connecticut Gravestone Network
NCPTT: National Center
Preservation Trades Network
International Southern Cemetery Gravestones Association

Age Calculator
Monument Builders
Memorials of Distinction

Craft & Trade

Seth Churchill Building
Seth Churchill Furniture
CT Builder
ICAA
ICAA David Csont illustration

Historic Preservation

National Park Service STANDARDS
CT State Historic Preservation
Connecticut Historical Society

Nelson Edwards Architects
Kronebergerson Historic Preservation

Monument Conservation Collaborative
RAOGK.org
Article: Architectural Design
SavingGraves.net
Historic Preservation, Inc. RI
Roger Williams U, Historic Preservation
Friends of CT State Archeologist
David Rumsey Map Collection David Rumsey | Farber Collection
American Aniquarian Society
Boston Historic Burying Initiative
Boston Cemetery Headstone search
Graves Registrar
Hartford's Ancient Burying Ground

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Record-Keeping & Mapping

USGS Standards
US Census codes
IRS Non-Profit Organization Types
NTEE Classification Codes
IRS Exempt Businesses
IRS 990 Master File FIELDS
IPUMS
Record Keeping Best Practices ICCF
Sexton Records
IRS Filing Requirements
BibFrame2

Decimal Degrees Conversion
ANSI Standards Webstore
Monument Software

CT Unified Chart of Accounts
CT Council of Municipalities Report

Federal and CT Statutes, Rulings

Federal Regulations (Summary)
CT Cemetery Statutes (Summary)
CT Cemetery Statutes (Justia)
CT Vital Records
CT Embalmers Statutes
Ruling: Records Ownership
Definition of Mutual Organization

Accounting

Sheila Silvernail
ARI, Glastonbury
Fiorita Kornhaas
CironeFriedberg
Quickbooks Online - Tableau

Suppliers

Sunburst Landscaping
Central Cemetery Columbarium Project
A to Z Property Maintenance

MacKenzie Vault
Turner
Norwalk Vault
Watertown Engineering
Masterwork Plaques
Gemini Sign Products | Caring for Plaques
CMC-Carrier: Columbariums
Matthews Bronze
Tenax
Natural Stone Council
Memorial Design, West Columbia, SC
Alliance Gator G2 Polymeric Sand
Mighty Probe
Creaform3D

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Cemetery Maintenance

D/2 headstone cleaning video
Quaternary Ammonium note
Quaternary Ammonium note 2
Quaternary Ammonium Nature

NCPTT Study
NCPTT: D/2 Best Restults

Beyond the Gravestone,
Will & Lisa Cornell
Gravestone Preservation
Gravestone Conservation, John Appell
Atlas Preservation, John Appell

Cemetery Conservators for United Standards
CT Gravestone Tending Service
UV-C Light
Inspectapedia Lichens
Light Sources
Light Source Germicide PDF
Light Sources Orange CT
Electrix/Vital Vio

Cemetery Maintenance
Beloit, WI Rules & Regulations
Heavens Maid
ISCGA Cleaning Headstones
British Lichen Society

Low Maintenance Lawns

UConn Extension Service, Bethel

Turf Magazine (Zoyziagrass)
Palasaides Zoyzia (thick vs thin)
Zoysia (NY Times)

Alternative Lawns video
CloverLawn.org

Earth Turf
U Maryland / Clover PDF
Versicolor.ca
Penn State / Microclover
UConn / Home & Garden
U Arkansas Zoysia
Zoysia Farms

Edging System
Restorative-Products.com
Steam Cleaning

How to clean a headstone
Cleaning Poultices

Orvus W A Paste Shampoo

Lawn Substitutes
Synthetic grass
Uncle Jim's Worm Farm
Wiggler Room

Landscape Architects

TOD Design
Thomas Elmore
Anne Wellington Landscapes
UMass Landscape Design
Laura Pirie
Jay Petrow
Landscape Forms

CME Engineering
CCA Engineering
Bascom & Benjamin

Timmons
Trimble

​Gardens

Bartram's Garden, Philadelphia, PA
Honeyflow Hives
TheBeekeeper.org
Scott Farm
Mike's Honeybees
Mike BeeHives LLC
CT Beekeepers Assn

​Continuing Education Units

Landscape Architecture
Design Mart (monument industry)

Ultra Tech Brands / Gentoo Coating

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Industry Suppliers

Collumbarium by Design

Preparer Tax ID Number (PTIN)
IRS PTIN Lookup
The Stone Trust
Dry Stone Conservancy
Weir Farm, Wilton Workshop

ICCFA Supply Link
IMSA (supply association)
Wilbert Elm-Cap (West Hartford, CT)
True Point Memorials
Crowne Vault
Nunnikhove Molds
Cube Mold

New England Foam

Stories

4/30/2000; NYT, CT Cemeteries
Union Cemetery, Norwalk, CT
1/24/2020; National Law Enforcement Cemetery
10/31/2013; Newstimes, Danbury's Bob Young Honored
1/20/2020; Newstimes, Ridgefield Skeletons
Hartford Courant, Ringling Bros Fire

8/28/2018; NYT Genetic Geneology
Helix DNA partners

10/14/2011; Mushroom burial suit
Embalming
12/24/2018; RI Carver, Karen Sprague

3/28/2020 NYC Refrigerator Trucks

​Friends

Donna Fedus, Borrow My Glasses, LLC

Publications

Building Design and Construction Network

Studios

Amy McNamara, Artist
Karin Sprague Stone Carver
John Stevens Shop, Newport, RI
The Carving Studio (VT)
Stevephan J. Yardan, Branford, CT

Memorial Design
Tecton Architect / ACE
ACE Mentor Program Hartford Business
- Brookfield High School

ACE CT Mentor Program
TRIO CCSU
TRIO Info

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3 evaluation of cleaners for government issued headstones from Mary Striegel

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