Speaker Township

CEMETERY

Pricing and offerings

Please contact the Clerk’s office to purchase a cemetery lot or make arrangements for a burial.

Grave openings are $600.00 year-round, with the exception of weekends and holidays where an additional $50.00 will be charged. Cremation rates are $300.00 year- round, with the exception of weekends and holidays where an additional $50.00 will be charged. The winter rate for all burials is an additional $50.00 fee from November 5th thru April 1st.

The family of the deceased or funeral director is to contact the Clerk’s office regarding footings for headstones.  Payment for installation of headstone footings must be in advance. The charges are $.50 per square inch, with a minimum fee of $100.00 for a footing. Footings for headstones will be done twice a year in May and October. 

These charges shall be payable to the excavator directly.

  1. All markers will be set in place when delivered until such time as footings are put
  2. Township clerk is to be notified of all burials. If funeral home calls excavator, he will check with the clerk as to where burial will be.
  3. Headstone footings are $.50 per square inch all year, with a minimum fee of $100.00 for a footing
  4. Plots cost $450.00 for Township residents and $800.00 for Non-residents.

Information

Sexton
Currently accepting applications. Please send to: Clerk@speakertwpmi.gov

Address
7171 Brockway Road
Melvin, MI 48454

SPEAKER TOWNSHIP CEMETERY RULES