South Scott Cemetery

10/26/2023

A giggle for your day...you know I spend too much time at the cemetery when I clearly hear someone say, "Hi, Kim" as I'm leaving. Not a single person around-no cars driving by, no one at the church or farm fields. It is getting close to Halloween, though, and I wasn't near any relatives' graves.

10/26/2023

A few words about cremation burials...PLEASE notify the cemetery before placing a loved one's ashes in a grave. Technically, a representative of the cemetery should be present but what we desperately need is the burial certificate from the crematorium. This helps to prove, should the DNR ever audit us, that we have proof that the individual was buried there. I can think of two graves now that are flagged but there's no marker and I have no idea who is there. Thanks!

09/10/2023

The talk I planned for the cemetery walk yesterday...

We all know that different words can mean the same thing, depending on the area of the country you live in or foreign country. I still call them lightning bugs instead of fireflies from my time living in the South, but I don't call a shopping cart a buggy or a trolley and don't get me started on gophers! (Chipmunk vs tortoise in the South)

Many people use cemetery and graveyard to mean a burial place, but are they really the same? The answer is no. A graveyard is connected to a church (thus the term churchyard) and the only people buried there are its congregants. Only the faithful are buried in graveyards and most graveyards do not permit cremated remains to be buried, due to the belief that if you burn in death you will burn in hell.

A cemetery is a stand-alone entity allowing the burial of all. South Scott accepts rich, poor, healthy, sick (but to be fair, if you were healthy you wouldn't need a cemetery), nonbelievers, agnostics, athesists, cremations, LGBTQ+, those that have accepted a higher calling (we have several ministers and lay people buried here), those that have committed the worst crime (yes, there are murderers), those so young they weren't even alive when they were born and those that lived live to the fullest (Aunt Dorothy was 106).

South Scott is funded through the sale of burial plots and the occasional donation. Our former secretary/treasurer, Janet Dowell, recently passed and she requested that donations be made to the cemetery in lieu of flowers. We are grateful to her for her act of kindness and that of the donors.

04/15/2023

The cemetery ended up with a lot of tree damage from the big ice storm. I will be cleaning up the limbs this week once tax season is over for those who were asking.

09/07/2022

South Scott Union Church is holding an ice cream social this Saturday, Sept 10th, from 3-5pm. Stop by and see all the brickwork that was done to the outside of the building. Take time to walk across the street and visit ancestors and friends. I will not be doing a cemetery walk this year.

07/15/2022

Going through old posts and saw one about placing stones. Since Don has passed, please call me at 260-665-9920 (Kim). If you are working with a monument company, most of them do this already. If you need a referral for a company to use. I will be glad to help. My understanding is Tri-State in Auburn is closed.

07/15/2022

I was just informed that South Scott Church will be holding their 2nd Annual Reunion on Seotember 10th. They would like me to do another cemetery walk. More info will be posted as received.

07/15/2022

Pam Ford was here this week and we have put a TON of obituaries on findagrave.com. We've updated some plot info, birth/death dates and we can use your help making sure our info is complete. If you have photos of your relative that you would like added, feel free to put them on or you can send them to me and I can put them on. We want to have the best Steuben County findagrave site out there!

Find a Grave is a free resource for finding the final resting places of famous folks, friends and family members. With millions of names, it is an invaluable tool for genealogist and history buffs.

11/16/2021

You don't know how happy we were to help this couple with their unusual but absolutely wonderful request!

Thank you very much to the South Scott Cemetary for making my wedding day feel as though my family was still here with me.
Growing up I was raised by my wonderful mother, who thankfully is still with me, but also by a wonderful uncle, Gary Butz, and my grandparents Kenny and Mary Butz. I love both my grandparents, but I will always be a grandpa's girl. My uncle and grandmother had previously passed, so when my grandpa passed in April of this year, it was with with very mixed emotions. Grandpa was longing to go home to be with so many family members that had passed before him. But it ment that I lost the last member of my extended family.
Being an ordained Pentecostal Minister, I has seen grandpa perform many wedding ceremonies over the years. And now he was gone, unable to perform or even witness mine.
I had read about cemetary weddings online, and how the ceremony performed graveside was a way to honor and include members of family that could not be present. The idea stuck with me. I discussed it with my Fiance, Steven. Knowing my relationship with my grandpa, witnessing it for the past 21 years, he was more than open to the idea, especially if it was what I would like for our big day. With each person I spoke to about it, I waited for the backlash for someone to say ot was morbid or creepy. Surprisingly, everyone I spoke to understood, I supposed we've all lost someone we wish could be there for the big milestones in our lives.
After I had discussed our request with my parents and the minister performing the ceremony, the hardest request cme when I messaged the South Scott Cemetary. I thought for sure this request would be politely denied. Again, I think I underestimated the commonality that all of us feel when we lose those we love. The cemetary gave their approval for our ceremony on the grounds.
I won't go into too much detail of the ceremony that day other than to say it was an incredibly overcast cloudy day. However after the ceremony, the cloud cover did break just enough to allow a few rays of the hiding sun to shine directly down in the background. Corny, but those sunbeam were ment for Steve and I on our special day from those with is in spirit.
Again, thank you to the South Scott Cemetary for allowing our family to be all together on our Wedding Day.

Deven King

11/09/2021

It is with heavy heart that I must inform you that Donald Burrell, our President and sexton, has passed. He was dedicated to South Scott and made sure every burial went smoothly and every stone was properly placed. He will be sorely missed.

08/11/2021

Please mark your calendars for Saturday, September 11th from 3 to 5pm. The South Scott Union Church will be having a fundraiser with refreshments. More info as it becomes available. I will be conducting a cemetery walk. The Church is trying to raise funds to restore the brickwork and the bell tower. Donations are accepted, a tax deductible, through the Steuben County Community Foundation. They will be auctioning off an original painting of the church by a local artist and it's a winter scene and gorgeous!

03/14/2020

Please, please, please...if you want or need to set a stone or anything else requiring concrete, please contact Don Burrell at 260-316-5638. He will mark the area for you so that there are no hard feelings down the line with neighbors.
Thanks!