Rules & Regulations
In order to maintain your cemetery and mausoleum in a manner that you can be proud of, the Board of Directors has established certain regulations. We ask your cooperation in following these rules and regulations adopted by the Cemetery Association.
Rules for Cemetery Flowers and Wreaths
- April 1st – October 1st: Cut and/or artificial flowers are permitted in the vases.
- November 1st – April 1st: Evergreen or Artificial wreaths are encouraged. (No vase usage.)
- October 1st: All remaining flowers will be removed and vases will be flipped for winter storage.
- Memorial Day: All types and kinds of floral displays including cut flowers, potted plants, artificial flowers, wreath, flags and the like are permitted for 7 days prior and 7 days after Memorial Day
- If you wish to keep your Memorial Day decorations, please remove them prior to the 7th day following Memorial Day.
- All decorations, including solar lights, must be kept inside the vases except during the 14 days around Memorial Day.
- PLANTING OF ANY KIND IS NOT PERMITTED. Potting soil or dirt cannot be placed in the bronze memorial vases.
- Cemetery personnel WILL REMOVE UNAUTHORIZED DECORATIONS from graves to facilitate mowing.
- Wreaths, potted plants, or floral arrangements are permitted for one week following a service. Cemetery personnel will remove wilted flowers from a gravesite.
- Sunset Memorial Gardens is NOT responsible for lost, stolen or damaged memorial decorations.
Rules for Mausoleum Crypts and Niches
- Crypts: One vase, one emblem, one Veteran’s niche plate for each veteran, and one cameo are permissible on crypt fronts. Deluxe Crypt fronts may have up to two vases, two emblems, one Veteran’s niche plate and one cameo.
- Niches: One vase is allowed per glass front.
- Cut and/or artificial flowers are permitted in the vases.
- Wreaths, potted plants, or floral arrangements are permitted for one week following a service. Cemetery personnel will remove wilted flowers from a gravesite.
- Cemetery personnel will remove unauthorized decorations.
- Memorial Day: All types and kinds of floral displays including cut flowers, potted plants, artificial flowers, wreath, flags and the like are permitted for 7 days prior and 7 days after Memorial Day
- All decorations, including solar lights, must be kept inside the vases except during the 14 days around Memorial Day.
- If you wish to keep your Memorial Day decorations, please remove them prior to the 7th day following Memorial Day.
- Sunset Memorial Gardens is NOT responsible for lost, stolen or damaged memorial decorations. Thank you for your cooperation. For more information, please stop in the office at Sunset Memorial Gardens or call 605-225-5361.
Veteran’s Recognition Program at Sunset
Veterans have sacrificed so much to keep all of us free and our liberties in tack. Sunset Memorial Gardens has a Garden set aside for veterans and their spouses which we have named the Garden of Honor. This garden follows the same guidelines as National Veterans Cemeteries. As a memorial to the Veterans, this garden has upright memorials which honor the six branches of service.
A Veterans Recognition Memorial program is open to any veteran who is or will be interred at Sunset Memorial Gardens. The Veteran or their family, who wish to take part, will have the Veteran’s name engraved on the back of the monument of their respective branch of service.
To participate in the Veterans program is a simple process. Contact us to learn more.