Rules & Regulations
The Woodinville Memorial Mead is two acres of land donated by Ira and Susan Woodin from their homestead for the burial of area residents. The Woodinville Cemetery Association is a 501(c)(13) non-profit corporation governed by a board of 12 volunteers.
HEADSTONES
• The Woodinville Cemetery does allow above-the-ground headstones. They must be installed by a headstone company. There is a one-time fee of $500, payable to the Woodinville Cemetery before installation. The fee helps pay for the extra maintenance.
• There is no extra fee for flat headstones
• On a single plot, the maximum width of the above-ground portion of a marker is 38 inches.
• Permanent granite vases must be above ground level.
• Vases with flat headstones must be the kind that are put away into the ground.
PURPOSE
These rules are intended to:
• Honor the dead.
• Protect graves and markers.
• Give the cemetery grounds a neat appearance.
• Facilitate grounds maintenance.
• Provide a safe place for people to visit.
BEHAVIOR
All persons visiting the cemetery are expected to honor the dead with appropriate behavior:
• Two walk-through gates are available for visitors from dawn to dusk. Do not enter after dark.
• Parents are responsible for their children's behavior; children shall not run or play in the cemetery.
• Pets are prohibited in the cemetery.
• Please do not litter; use the garbage cans at both ends of the cemetery.
• Please do not disturb graves or markers.
GRAVES
• Only human remains may be buried.
• The Woodinville Cemetery is reserved for persons with some connection to the Woodinville area.
• Plot owners may not sell their plot, except to the cemetery at the original purchase price paid.
• Plot owners may designate the family member or friend who will use the plot.
• A relative of a plot owner without a deed of ownership will be granted use rights only if they can produce written proof that no other family members have interest in that plot.
• If a plot has not been used within 70 years of purchase, or contact with the cemetery has not been made within 70 years, the cemetery reserves the right to re-assign that plot.
• The cemetery has the right to re-assign plot location if unrecorded evidence of a previous pioneer burial in that location is found.
• No interment it permitted without certification from a funeral home. Any funeral home may use the Woodinville Cemetery, except Acacia.
• A plot must be paid for before use; the cemetery does not finance purchases.
• Opening and closing of the grave is to be paid for before use; cost is determined by our contracted service provider.
• All burials must be marked with a permanent marker within one year of the burial.
• Full burials shall be in concrete liners sold by the cemetery or vaults sold by the funeral home.
• One plot holds one full burial or 4 cremation burials; a cremation burial can on top of a full burial at $250 each.
• Notice for need of an interment must be made at least three days before interment so that ground can be prepared.
• Permission for removing interments will be in accordance with RCW 68.50
• Items on a grave, other than flowers, must be approved by the cemetery board.
• Flowers must be in disposable containers. The cemetery reserves the right to dispose of flower containers.
• Artificial flowers are permissible, but will be disposed of if they become unsightly.
• Holiday decorations are allowed, but will be removed for mowing or when they become unsightly.
ONLY THE CEMETERY BOARD HAS THE AUTHORITY TO:
• Contract for maintenance of grounds and graves.
• Contract for improvements to grounds and graves.
• Contract for opening and closing of graves.
• Authorize placement or replacement of grave markers.