Charter Township of

Gun Plain

Allegan County, Michigan

Fees:

        Cemetery

        grave opening fees

Resident Burial:  $375.00 for weekday; $450.00 for weekend

Non-resident:  $700.00 for weekday; $750 for weekend

        ashes fees

Resident:  $275.00 for weekday; $350.00 for weekend.

Non-resident:  $450.00 for weekday; $500.00 for weekend.

        other

Child rates (ages 3-12)  $200.00 on weekday; $225.00 on weekend

Baby (0-2 years)  $165.00 on weekday; $165.00 on weekend.

Cemetery Rules for Cemeteries of Gun Plain Township:
 

• PERMANENT GRAVE MARKERS MUST BE OF SOLID QUARRIED STONE OR CAST METAL APPROVED BY AND ERECTED ON A FOUNDATION BY THE SUPERVISING SEXTON.
• No Statues or statues that are used as urns are allowed.
  Flowers and bulbs of a perennial variety may be planted and maintained WITHIN 6 INCHES OF THE HEADSTONE ON THE GRAVESIDE ONLY. However, flowers may be placed in a permanent urn at each end of the headstone or grave marker but not in front of the headstone. NOTHING ELSE IS ALLOWED. ARTIFICIAL AND CUT FLOWERS MUST BE PLACED IN A PERMANENT URN (STONE OR OTHER EQUALLY DURABLE MATERIAL.) NO BULBS THAT SPREAD EXCESSIVELY, ROSE BUSHES (OR OTHER SHRUBS) OR TREES MAY BE PLANTED. SHEPHERD HOOKS SHALL ONLY BE ONE SIDED AND HOOK MUST HANG OVER STONE/GRAVE MARKER.
• No solar or any other kind of grave lighting is allowed.
• No hoses may be brought in to water.
• All graves are to be left level.  No mounding up.
• DOGS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO RUN AT LARGE WITHIN CEMETERIES.
• Three weeks after burials, the lots will be cleaned. Items removed from the lots will be held for 30 DAYS at a designated area for any one who would like to retrieve these keepsakes.
• Spring Clean-up will be during the weeks of  APRIL 1ST THRU APRIL 21ST. All non-permanent decorations will be removed during this time including FLOWERS, STATUES, PLANT STANDS, ETC. THAT DO NOT ADHERE TO THE RULES. PLEASE REMOVE ALL WANTED ITEMS PRIOR TO APRIL 1ST. DO NOT REPLACE DECORATIONS UNTIL AFTER APRIL 21.
  Memorial Day Decorations will be removed July 1.
• Closed from dusk to dawn.
   
  Woodside Cemetery, Gun Plain Township, Allegan Co, MI
  
  Woodside Cemetery is one mile north and 2 tenths of a mile east of the city of Plainwell.  It was originally the burial ground of the Plainfield Presbyterian Church (now the First Presbyterian Church of Plainwell, Mich.) 

   

The Township Board meets the first Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at the Township Office.  The meeting dates are:

April 5, 2007                     

May 3, 2007

June 7, 2007

July 12, 2007

August 2, 2007

September 6, 2007

October 4, 2007

November 1, 2007

December 6, 2007

January 3, 2008

February 7, 2008

March 6, 2008

The Planning Commission meets the third Wednesday of the month at 7:00 p.m.