Cemeteries

Cemetery Maintenance

The Cemetery Sexton can answer your questions about availability of lots/plots and can walk the cemetery with you to find what you are looking for. Please click the link for the Cemetery Regulations including fees. Once you have decided what to purchase, Glenn will send you to the Town Hall to meet with the Town Clerk, Richard Newton, so that you may purchase your lot(s) and receive your Deed(s).

Cemetery Commission

In accordance with Massachusetts General Law Chapter 114 Section 27, there shall be a three (3) member Cemetery Commission, appointed by the Select Board.  The Select Board may vote to serve as the Cemetery Commission.  The members of the Cemetery Commission will serve for three (3) year terms, staggered. 

Duties include:

• The Cemetery Commission’s responsibilities shall include, but shall not be limited to, the operation of the Town of Erving cemeteries, to advise the Select Board on the staffing required for the care of the cemeteries, divide land into lots, and to sell and issue deeds for the right of burial.
• The Cemetery Commissioners shall be authorized to establish rules and regulations and to determine fees, as may be amended from time to time.