1. Mark's United Methodist Church Columbarium has 336 niches, where urns containing cremated remains are inurned.

2. A Columbarium, on the other hand, is a sacred final resting place, also above ground, for inurned cremated remains

3. Hamlet: but tell Why thy canoniz d bones, hearsed in death, Have burst their Cerements; why the sepulchre, Wherein we saw thee quietly inurn d,55 Hath op d his ponderous and marble jaws, To cast thee up again

4. Management of the Columbarium The Pastor of the Parish and/or his designated alternate, manages the Columbarium, maintains a Columbarium diagram, and keeps records regarding reservations and persons inurned in the Columbarium including names, dates of birth and death, and inurnment dates.

5. Burial benefits available include a gravesite in any of our national cemeteries with available space, opening and closing of the grave, perpetual care, a Government headstone or marker, a Burial flag, and a Presidential Memorial Certificate, at no cost to the family.Some Veterans may also be eligible for Burial Allowances.Cremated remains are buried or inurned in …