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Mystery solved! I drove Dad up there today to visit...he pointed out the many deer tracks in the soil. I don't mind that the deer are eating the flowers; Mom would love that. (However, I will be more frugal with my flower purchases, knowing they will be consumed in the dark of night!)
I'm sorry for your loss, but this made me smile, I hope it did for you too, to know that Mom's flowers helped make the deer happy.
We buried my mother January 8 at Florida National Cemetery (for veterans and their spouses). We were told there are no graveside services here due to the large number of funerals held daily (there were 54 on our day). The cemetery has 7-8 committal service shelters situated throughout; this is where the "graveside" services are held, then your loved one's casket is taken somewhere on the property until the daily burials take place later in the day.
The funeral director left the casket spray and two large baskets of flowers at Mom's grave. When I returned to the grave site for the first time 2 days later, all of the flowers -- every last one of them -- had been cut. Is this standard practice by the cemetery itself, or is this kind of theft as commonplace as it is in private cemeteries? Anyone have experience to share?
There is no allowing of flowers either real or fake to be left at National Cemeteries. My father, mother and husband are all buried at the one on Cape Cod and I learned not to waste my money.
I figured there would be a sign that read "Ashes To Ashes, dust to dust the flowers are for the dead, not for us."
My mother told me that if I wanted to give her flowers, that I should do it when she was alive and could enjoy them.
Cemetery rules vary. Many pick up anything that will be in the way of the maintenance crew.
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