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Riverside Mausoleum Being buried in a mausoleum can be less expensive than a ground burial because there is no need to purchase a vault or marker. There are three types of mausoleum crypts. Request Info Double: Two caskets next to each other or head to head or head to foot. The family name(s) is engraved in the center with one person's name and dates on the left and the other's on the right. The cost ranges from $2,900 to $8,200 depending on where in the mausoleum it is. Single: A single casket and one urn burial or two urn burials side by side. Niche: A single urn burial. Special vases are available for placing flowers at a loved one's mausoleum site. Crypt vase: Crypt vases are 6½ inches high and made of solid bronze. Each costs $249 plus $50 for installation (they are bolted to a granite crypt plate). The cemetery will assist you with putting flowers in vases on higher crypts. Niche vase: Niche vases are simply smaller versions (4 ½ inches) of crypt vases. The cost is the same. Reproductions of photographs of your loved one can also adorn a crypt or niche. The 2 3/8 inch x 3 ½ inch photos are reproduced on porcelain and framed in bronze. Each costs $500 plus $49 for installation. Cremation Cremated remains can be placed in crypts and given a traditional ground burial. At Riverside cremated remains also can be put in urns that are placed in recessed chambers called niches. Like a crypt, the niche is secured with an inscribed granite closure. Niches are located in granite walls called columbariums. The niches in the columbarium are $1100 each, which includes engraving and perpetual care. There are polished black granite benches for visitors at the columbarium. These benches can be engraved with the name and dates of the deceased to serve as a monument to them. Request Info Ground burial A ground burial requires you purchase a plot, a vault and a marker. Vaults are purchased at funeral homes and range in price from $600 to $3,000 depending on what they're made of (concrete, steel or fiberglass) and how they're sealed (hermetically or air sealed). Markers Flat markers are sold at Mt. Hope and Riverside (as well as elsewhere) and are made from bronze or granite. Bronze markers for a single person are $1,200. Monuments are sold at monument dealers. Granite benches that mark two or more graves are sold by the cemeteries. Granite cremation benches hold three to four ash burials and are sold by the cemeteries. Request Info Mount Hope Scattering Garden Mount Hope Cemetery offers a Scattering Garden where a person's remains can be scattered with respect and dignity. A memorialization wall is available for the remembrance of a family's loved one. Whether scattered in the garden or anywhere else, memorialization fulfills a family's need for visitation and remembrance. Request Info

• Cash
• Credit card
• Twelve to 60-month financing with no charge
• Automated clearinghouse payments: The City of Rochester can make automatic monthly deductions from your bank account.

Once you contact either cemetery a representative will schedule a time to visit you at your home, office or at the cemetery. During that appointment he or she will present you with pertinent information and answer any questions you may have.

To contact us about Riverside Cemetery call (585) 254-7039 or e-mail info@rochesternycemeteries.com.
To contact us about Mt. Hope Cemetery call (585) 473-2755 or e-mail info@rochesternycemeteries.com.