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Everyone is welcome to come to talk about life and death at the upcoming Death Cafe at the Davis Cemetery & Arboretum on Saturday, May 14th 1:30-3:30pm. Every Death Cafe provides a new opportunity to meet with others and each has been unique experience. A Death Cafe provides an open, respectful and friendly atmosphere where people can express views about death, dying and life. It is a discussion group rather than a grief support or counseling session. There is no program, agenda or speaker.

Our objective is ‘to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives’.

All are welcome and encouraged to bring friends and contribute to the potluck.Cake and other refreshments will be served. Space and hospitality will be provided by the Unitarian Universalist Church of Davis and the Davis Cemetery District.

Learn more at www.deathcafe.com or contact Laura Thompson of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Davis at campusministry@uudavis.org or 530-753-2581, ext. 202 or Kristi Dvorak at cemcod@dcn.org and www.daviscemetery.org

 

The Yolo County Veterans Services Office (VSO) has purchased a variety of cremation and casket plots on our grounds. These plots are made available for no cost on an “at need” basis to qualified veterans upon verification by the VSO. Interment for the veterans spouse into the same plot is permitted.

Burial Costs:

While there is no cost for the plot, it is the family and/or friend’s responsibility to pay the interment fee and cost of the vault associated with the burial type selected.

Military Honors:

Typically, the funeral home will help families coordinate graveside military honors. If you are not working with a funeral home, branch contact information is listed below.

US Army: 1-888-634-7496

US Marines: 1-866-826-3628 or 1-703-432-9524

US Navy: 1-800-326-9631 or 1-619-556-7178 (or 9790) or 1-916-380-8449

US Air Force: 1-800-586-8402

US Coast Guard: 1-510-437-3334

Volunteer Honor Guard

Headstone, Marker, and Medallion Regulations:

Veteran markers are provided at no cost through the U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs. Only flush military markers no larger than 12″ X 24″ are permitted on cremation plots. Upright military markers may be placed on casket plots.  A second flush 12″ X 24″ marker for a spouse is permitted on casket plots only. All fees associated with the second marker must be paid by family and/or friends. Eligibility and application materials can be found here.

Contact Information:

Yolo County Veteran Services Office 

137 N. Cottonwood Street
Woodland, CA 95695
Phone: (530) 406-4850

Veterans Affairs Regional Office

1301 Clay St, North Tower
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone: (800) 827-1000

Green Burial

WHAT IS A GREEN BURIAL? Green (or natural) burial emphasizes simplicity and environmental sustainability. The body is neither cremated nor prepared with chemicals such as embalming fluids. It is simply placed in a biodegradable container or shroud and interred without a concrete burial vault.

WHAT IS THE GREEN BURIAL PROCESS? The body or container is lowered into the earth without the use of a burial vault. Earth is then packed directly around and over the body or container.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE GREEN BURIAL OPTION? The Davis Cemetery District offers the green burial option for either single or companion interment.

Embalmed bodies and/or those in non-biodegradable caskets, such as metal, are not eligible for the green burial option. Green burial is not an option for the second interment into a companion plot in which a companion vault is already in place.

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