Click here to read the Spring 2011 Smyrna Cemetery Newsletter. (The newsletter is now in Adobe PDF format.)

Smyrna Cemetery

Paul Burkert, Caretaker

Cemetery Use Policy. Each burial and cremation plot is reserved with a $150 fee for members of Smyrna UCC.  The fee is $350 for all others. Contact Burt Gottwald (503) 581-1788 for available locations. Two people can use one of the cremation plots.  A vault is not required but is highly recommended. A permanent marker is required within six months of burial, however, an extension will be granted if estate settlement delays purchase of the marker. The only restrictions on markers are no plastic or resin, and flat 12 x 24 in. granite must be used in the cremation garden.

Grave Markers may be ordered through the Cemetery Committee which is happy to be able to provide them at cost. Ordering through the funeral director is substantially more. All colors and styles are available. Joel Daniels has samples of granite and a book of print styles and designs.

Annual May Cleanup takes place prior to Memorial day.  After a morning of hard work, the participants are greeted with hot coffee and pastries.

Cemetery Newsletter is published annually.

Click on a List of Smyrna Cemetery Burials, updated May 2010.  (This is a PDF file.  You may need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to open it.  Click on this link to download the free Reader: http://www.adobe.com.)

Cemetery Gate and Fence:

Cremation Gardens Pictures:

Our groundskeepers, Paul Burkert, is on the job and does the mowing.  We appreciate his good work.  We rely on your generous donations to keep all this going.  Our tax-exempt ID is #93-0798541.  Send your donations to:

Burt Gottwald, Treasurer

3914 Santiam Pass Way NE #101

Salem, OR 97305-6820

Cemetery Committee members are:  Joel Daniels, chairman, Burt Gottwald, treasurer, Paul Yoder,Rick Gano and Paul Burkert.  Please feel free to contact members of the committee for more information by emailing cemetery@smyrna-ucc.org, or calling the church office at 503-651-2131.