Reply To: Digging His Own Grave

There are Chevra Kadishas that you can pay a nominal fee under $50.00 per year and the whole family is covered and not have to be a member of the shul. The funeral alone without the plot or use of the chapel cost at least about $8,000. Most Chevras Kadishaas bought plots years ago when the plots were cheap. Funeral Directors do not own cemeteries, they may have bought plots cheap or know people who are looking to get rid of an unused plot. Shuls also may own a section of the cemetery but unless they have it in the backyard they don’t own the whole cemetery.