A Cemetery Should Be Forever

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Summary: Essential reading for cemetery managers
Review: John Llewellyn's 'A cemetery should be forever', is most appropriately subtitled: 'The challenge to managers and directors'. The author argues that appropriate cemetery governance and management will plan for adequate endowment care funds, to ensure that the cemetery may be maintained long after its income from a finite sales life has ceased. Llewellyn also considers the modern development of cemeteries, their contemporary community roles, and other operational issues. While recognising that the main use of cemeteries is subsequent to funerals, the author appears somewhat more concerned about their long-term cultural values than with their short-term grief-related values. Nevertheless, this is essential reading for anyone involved in cemetery management, anywhere. We have provided personal copies to senior staff and directors, and recommended it to other industry and government personnel.