CEMETERY REGULATIONS

RULES & GUIDELINES

These regulations can vary depending on the cemetery and may be set by the cemetery director, local government, or a governing body such as a cemetery association- and are subject to change. It is important to familiarize oneself with the specific regulations of a cemetery to ensure that the burial and memorialization of a loved one is done in accordance with the rules and out of respect for the cemetery and those interred there.

Cemetery regulations are rules and guidelines that are put in place to ensure the proper maintenance, safety, and respect of a cemetery.

Please Note

These Regulations are subject to change without our notice. Final discretion is up to each cemetery.

Springfield

Westfield

West Springfield

Chicopee

Agawam
Feeding Hills

Blandford


Chester

Huntington

Easthampton

Granville

Holyoke

Montgomery

Indian Orchard

Longmeadow

Ludlow

Southwick

Northampton

Russell

South Hadley

AGAWAM / FEEDING HILLS, MA 

1390 Main St,
Agawam, MA 01001

Veteran's Cemetery 

We, nor does any monument company, work in the Veterans cemetery as they are their own private entity.

820 MAIN ST, AGAWAM, MA 01001

Agawam Center Cemetery 

Double Lot:
Maximum Base: 4’x14” 
Maximum Height: 56””


Single Lot:
Maximum Base: 2’x14”
Maximum Height: 56”


1078 Springfield St,
Feeding Hills, MA 01030

Springfield Street Cemetery 

Double Lot:
Maximum Base: 4’x14” 
Maximum Height: 56””


Single Lot:
Maximum Base: 2’x14”
Maximum Height: 56”


BLANDFORD, MA 

North St, Blandford, MA 01008

Hill Cemetery

Double Lot:
Maximum Base: 6’x16”
Maximum Height: 4'


Single Lot:
Maximum Base: 3’x14”
Maximum Height: 4'


CHESTER, MA 

Cemetery Rd, Chester, MA 01011

Pine Hill Cemetery

Double Lot:
Maximum Base: 5’x16”
Maximum Height: 4'


Single Lot:
Maximum Base: 2’x14”
Maximum Height: 4'


732 Pendelton Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020

Rodphey Shalom Cemetery

CHICOPEE, MA 

687 Front St, Chicopee, MA 01013

Fairview Cemetery

Four Grave Lot
Maximum Base: 4’x14”
Maximum Height: 3'


Single Lots:
Flat marker only

Double Lot:
Maximum Base: 30"x16”
Maximum Height: 3'


Olsen St, Chicopee, MA 01020

St. Rose de Lima Cemetery

Double Lot:
Minimum Base: 30”x16” Max: 42”x16”
Minimum Height: 30” Max: 42”



4 Grave Lot:
Minimum Base: 4’x16” Max: 6’x16”
Minimum Height: 3’ Max: 5’


Single Lot in Section N: 
Maximum Base: 2'x12"
Monument 2’ with 8” Base


Double Lot:
Maximum Base: 54” x 14”
Maximum Height: 4’



3 Grave Lot:
Minimum Base: 42”x16” Max: 5’x16”
Minimum Height: 3’ Max: 54”


800 Montgomery St, Chicopee, MA 01013

St. Stanislaus Cemetery:

Please Contact Us as different sections of the cemetery have different rules to abide by.  

Single Lot:
Flat marker only in all other sections besides Section N


Single Lot:
Maximum Base: 28”x14”
Maximum Height: 4’


Mayher St, Easthampton, MA 01027

St. Stanislaus Cemetery

Double Lot: 
Maximum Base: 3’x14”
Maximum Height: 3’

EASTHAMPTON, MA 

Williston Ave, Easthampton, MA 01027

Brookside Cemetery

No benches allowed

Single, Double, Triple Lots: 
Flat marker only

4 Grave Lots:
Maximum Base: 5x16”


Single Lot:
Maximum Base: 28”x14”
Maximum Height: 3’

Overall Maximum Height: 4'


Olsen St, Chicopee, MA 01020

Main Street Cemetery

4 Grave Lots: 
Maximum Base: 5'x16"

Single, Double, Triple Lots:
Flat Marker Only

Overall Maximum Height: 4'


No benches allowed

33 Adams St, Easthampton, MA 01027

St. Brigid Cemetery

4 Grave Lot: 
Maximum Base: 4’x14”
Maximum Height: 3’

Single Lot:
Maximum Base: 28”x14”
Maximum Height: 3’

Double Lot: 
Maximum Base: 3’x14”
Maximum Height: 3’

4 Grave Lot: 
Maximum Base: 4’x14”
Maximum Height: 3’

Main Rd, Granville, MA 01034

West Granville Cemetery

Double Lot: 
Maximum Base: 4’x14” 
Maximum Height: 4’


GRANVILLE, MA

60 Silver Street Granville, MA 01034

Silver Street Cemetery

Single Lot:
2’x1’ base

Double Lot: 
Maximum Base: 4’x14”
Maximum Height: 4’

Single Lot:
Maximum Base: 2’x1’
Maximum Height: 4’

Forestdale West Cemetery

Double Lot: 
Maximum Base: 4’x14”
Maximum Height: 4’



HOLYOKE, MA

125 St Jerome Ave, Holyoke, MA 01040

St. Jerome Cemetery

Single Lot:
Maximum Base: 2’x1’
Maximum Height: 4’

Double Lot: 
Maximum Base 3’x14”
Maximum Height: 4’

Single Lot:
Flat marker only 

304 Cabot St,
Holyoke, MA 01040

Forestdale Cemetery

Double Lot: 
Maximum Base: 4’x14”
Maximum Height: 4’



Single Lot:
Maximum Base: 2’x1’
Maximum Height: 4’

HUNTINGTON, MA

50 Littleville Rd, Huntington, MA 01050

Norwich Bridge Cemetery

Double Lot: 
Maximum Base 4”x14”
Maximum Height: 4’


Single Lot:
Maximum Base: 2’x14”
Maximum Height: 4

Russell Road, Huntington, MA 01050

Saint Thomas Cemetery 

Double Lot: 
Maximum Base: 4’x14” 
Maximum Height: 4’




Single Lot:
2’x1’ Flat Marker


INDIAN ORCHARD, MA

1273 Berkshire Ave, Indian Orchard, MA 01151

St. Aloysius Cemetery (SPFLD Diocesan)

Sections U & V: 

Two Grave Lot: EITHER: 2’X1’ flat marker per persons burial plot OR ONE 3’X1’ Flat marker to go in the center of both plots

Four Grave Lot:
Maximum Base: 42”x14”
Maximum Height: 42”


Single Lot:
Flat Marker Only

Section W 
Two Grave Lot: Maximum Base: 42”x14”
Maximum Height: 42”





LONGMEADOW, MA

Opposite 34 Williams St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106

Longmeadow Center Cemetery

Cremation Lot:
Flat Marker Only

Four/Five Grave Lot: 
Maximum Base: 5’x16”
Maximum Height: 4’”







Single Lot:
Maximum Base: 30”x14”
Maximum Height: 40”






Double Lot:
Maximum Base: 3’x16”
Maximum Height: 40”







LUDLOW, MA

opposite 34 Williams Street

Island Pond Cemetery

Height Requirement determined by Cemetery

Eight Grave Lot:
Maximum Base: 11’x14”






Six Grave Lot:
Maximum Base: 9’x14”






Single Lot: 
Maximum Base: 3’x14”

Three Grave Lot:
Maximum Base: 6’x14”






Double Lot:
Maximum Base: 5’x14”






Four Grave Lot: 
Maximum Base: 7’x14”

MONTGOMERY, MA

Center Cemetery

Single Lot: 
Maximum Base: 2’x14”
Maximum Height: 3’

Double Lot:
Maximum Base: 4’x14”
Maximum Height: 4’







St. Mary's Cemetery 

Double Lots: 
Maximum Base: 54”x14”
Maximum Height: 60”

NORTHAMPTON, MA

Spring Grove Cemetery 

Anything less than a 4 person lot: 
Flat Marker Only 

Single Lots: 
Maximum Base: 2’x14” 

Double Lots: 
Maximum Base: 4’x14”
Maximum Height: 4’


RUSSELL, MA

Russell Center Cemetery

Single Lot:
Maximum Base: 2’x14”
Maximum Height: 4’

Notre Dame Cemetery

Sections O, L2, L4 (4 Graves), M1 (Multiple Graves): 
Maximum Base: 4’x14”
Maximum Height: 42”



SOUTH HADLEY, MA

(SPFLD DIOCESAN)

Precious Blood Cemetery

Section M1:
Maximum Base: 30”x14”
Maximum Height: 3’


Sect A Double Lot:
Maximum Base: 4’x14”
Maximum Height: 42”


All other sections please contact the Springfield Diocesan

63 Lyman St, South Hadley, MA 01075

St. Rose Cemetery

Sections 5 & 6:
Maximum Base: 4’x14”
Maximum Height: 42”




Sect 3 Single Lot:
Maximum Base: 30”x14”
Maximum Height: 3’


Corner of Rathbun Street & Diamond Hill Road

Sect A Single Lot:
Maximum Base: 30”x14”
Maximum Height: 3’

(SPFLD DIOCESAN)

Rtes. 33 & 202 South Hadley, MA 01075

(SPFLD DIOCESAN)

SOUTHAMPTON, MA

Southampton Center

No Height Requirement

Double Lot: 
Maximum Base: 5’x14”

 Massachusetts Route 10

Single Lot:
Maximum Base: 30”x14”

SOUTHWICK, MA

New Cemetery

Double Lot: 
Maximum Base: 5’x14”
Maximum Height: 4’


Sections 4&5:
Flat Marker Only

Single Lot: 
Maximum Base: 3’x14”
Maximum Height: 4’

SPRINGFIELD, MA

St. Michaels Cemetery 

Sections St. Bernard, St. Catherine & St. Dominic
(Four Grave Lots): 
Maximum Base: 5’x14”
Maximum Height: 5’

1601 State St, Springfield, MA 01109

(SPFLD DIOCESAN)

Flat Marker Lot: 

Sections St. Ann, St. Eileen & St. Francis:
2’x1’ Flat Marker       

Four Grave Lot:
Maximum Base: 5’x14”
Maximum Height: 4’

Five & Six Grave Lots:
Maximum Base: 5’x16”
Maximum Height: 6’

2’x1’

St. Mary Section:  

Double and 3 Grave Lots:
Maximum Base: 54” x 14”
Maximum Height: 42”

Cremation Garden: 

Monument Lot (Slant Only):
Maximum Base: 30”x14”
Maximum Height: 20”

Gate of Heaven Cemetery 

(SPFLD DIOCESAN)

421 Tinkham Road, Springfield MA 01129

BOTH FLAT MARKER AND MONUMENT SECTIONS:

St. Michaels' has over 50 sections, in which there are different stone regulations to follow. Please call the cemetery office at (413) 733-0659 to discuss your allowances prior to your appointment

St. Bernadette
St. Barbara
St. Martha
St. Timothy
Sect 3
Eden Abraham

FLAT MARKERS SECTIONS ONLY:

St. Phillip
St. Leo 
St. George
St. Jude
St. Mark
St. Matthew
Blessed Virgin 
Holy Innocents 
St. Edward 
Holy Innocents 
St. Andrew 
St. Pius.

MONUMENT SECTIONS ONLY:  

St. Stephen
St. Bridget
St. Gabriel
St. Rose
St. Vincent Depaul 
St. Robert
St. James
St. Clare
St. Anthony
St. Rita
St. Joan 
St. Catherine
St. Luke
St. Theresa
St. Francis 
St. Ann
St. Paul
St. Peter
Mater Dolorosa
Section 10
4-Section-3
2-Section-I
Section 2
Section 4
Section 5
2-Section-6
257-328 Soldiers
St. Agnes
St. Elizabeth
St. Agnes
St. Patrick
St. Mary
St. Josephs
Holy Family
St. Bernard
Sacred Heart
St. John
St. Christopher
St. Thomas

4-Section-3
2-Section-I
Section 2
Section 4
Section 5
2-Section-6
257-328 Soldiers
St. Agnes
St. Elizabeth
St. Agnes
St. Patrick
St. Mary
St. Josephs
Holy Family
St. Bernard
Sacred Heart
St. John
St. Christopher
St. Thomas

St. Stephen
St. Bridget
St. Gabriel
St. Rose
St. Vincent Depaul 
St. Robert
St. James
St. Clare
St. Anthony
St. Rita
St. Joan 
St. Catherine
St. Luke
St. Theresa
St. Francis 
St. Ann
St. Paul
St. Peter
Mater Dolorosa
Section 10

Sons of Israel Cemetery

Wilbraham Rd, Springfield, MA 01109

Garden of Bronze Section:

Flat Markers Only

Single Lot:
2’X1’ Bronze Marker

Double Lot:
2’X14” Bronze Marker

Hillcrest Park Cemetery 

895 Parker St, Springfield, MA 01129

Single Lot:
2’X1’ Flat Marker

Double Lot:
26”X13” Flat Marker


Baby Grave: 
14"x8” Flat Marker

Double Lot:
Maximum Base: 5’x14”
Maximum Height: 4’

Single Lot:
Maximum Base: 30’x14”
Maximum Height: 4’

Six Grave Lot:
Maximum Base:10’x14”
Maximum Height: 38”

Three Grave Lot:
Maximum Base: 64”x14”
Maximum Height: 38” 

Four Grave Lot:
Maximum Base: 90”x14”
Maximum Height: 38”

Oak Grove Cemetery

426 Bay Street Springfield, MA. 01109

Double Lot:
Maximum Base: 44”x14”
Maximum Height: 3’

Cremation Lot:
2’X1’ Flat Marker
 

Single Lot:
Maximum Base: 2’x1’
Maximum Height: 34” 

All cemetery obligations must be paid in full prior to a stone being placed in the cemetery

City of Homes Cemetery

904 Wilbraham Rd, Springfield, MA 01109

Double Lot:
Maximum Base: 5’x14”
Maximum Height: 4’

Single Lot:
Maximum Base: 30"x14”
Maximum Height: 4’

All cemetery obligations must be paid in full prior to a stone being placed in the cemetery

Kesser Israel Cemetery

904 Wilbraham Rd, Springfield, MA 01109

Double Lot:
Maximum Base: 5’x14”
Maximum Height: 4’

Single Lot:
Maximum Base: 30’x14”
Maximum Height: 4’

All cemetery obligations must be paid in full prior to a stone being placed in the cemetery

WESTFIELD, MA

St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery 

139 Lockhouse Road 01085

Four Grave Lot:
Maximum Base: 5’x14”
Maximum Height: 5’

Double Lot:
Maximum Base: 4’x14”
Maximum Height: 5'

Pine Hill Cemetery

140 W Silver St, Westfield, MA 01085

Four Grave Lot:
Maximum Base: 5’x14”
Maximum Height: 4’

Middle Farms Cemetery

405 Russellville Road Westfield, MA 01085

Four Grave Lot:
Maximum Base: 5’x14”
Maximum Height: 4’

St. Joseph's Cemetery 

Southampton Rd, Westfield, MA

Double Lot:
Maximum Base: 4’x14”
Maximum Height: 4’

St. Mary's Cemetery

(SPFLD DIOCESAN)

Every other row in this section is a flat marker row.

For other sections not listed, restrictions will follow the conventions already established in that section. Please call the cemetery office at (413) 568-7775 to discuss your allowances. 

Single Lot:
Maximum Base: 2’x14”
Maximum Height: 5’

ALL FLAT MARKER ORDERS NEED TO GO THROUGH CEMETERY CARETAKER

Single Lot:
Maximum Base: 3’x14”
Maximum Height: 54”

Double Lot:
Maximum Base: 4’x14”
Maximum Height: 4’

203 Southampton Rd.
Westfield, MA 01085

Sections 12 & 17:
Flat Markers Only

Single Lot:
2’x1’ Flat Marker

Sections 20 & 21:
Three and Four Grave Lots: 
Maximum Base: 5’
Maximum Height: 5’

Section 22:
Single Lot:
2'x1' flat marker

Double Lot:
Maximum Base: 54” x 14”
Maximum Height: 5’

Four Grave Lot:
Maximum Base: 5’x14”
Maximum Height: 4’

WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA

Double Lot:
3’X14” Flat Marker’

Single Lot:
26”X13” Flat Marker

Beth El Cemetery

366 Kings Hwy,
West Springfield, MA 01089

Four Grave Lot:
Maximum Base: 6’x 16”
Maximum Height: 42”

B'Nai Jacob Cemetery

366 KINGS HWY,
WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA 01089

Double Lot:
Maximum Base: 5’x16”
Maximum Height: 42”




Kodimoh Cemetery 

366 KINGS HWY,
WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA 01089

Maximum Base: 2’x1’
Maximum Height: 30”

St. Kenneth Section


St. Thomas Cemetery 

Section 4:
Flat Markers Only 

ALL OTHER SECTIONS:



Four Grave Lot:
Maximum Base: 6’x 16”
Maximum Height: 42

Single Lot:
Maximum Base: 30” x 14”
Maximum Height: 42”


Double Lot:
Maximum Base: 5’x16”
Maximum Height: 42”


420 Kings Hwy.
WEST Springfield, MA 01089

Single Lot:
Maximum Base: 30” x 14”
Maximum Height: 42”



All cemetery obligations must be paid in full prior to a stone being placed in the cemetery

All cemetery obligations must be paid in full prior to a stone being placed in the cemetery

All cemetery obligations must be paid in full prior to a stone being placed in the cemetery

Four Grave Lot:
Maximum Base: 6’x 16”
Maximum Height: 42”

Double Lot:
Maximum Base: 5’x16”
Maximum Height: 42”


Single Lot:
Maximum Base: 30” x 14”
Maximum Height: 42”


Four Grave Lot:
Maximum Base: 6’x 16”
Maximum Height: 42

Double Lot:
Maximum Base: 5’x16”
Maximum Height: 42”



Single Lot:
Maximum Base: 30” x 14”
Maximum Height: 42”



Beth Israel Cemetery

366 KINGS HWY,
WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA 01089

Double Lot:
Maximum Base: 4’x14”
Maximum Height: 4'




Single Lot:
2’x1’ FLAT MARKER ONLY



Paucatuck Cemetery

285 Sibley Ave. 
West Springfield, MA

All cemetery obligations must be paid in full prior to a stone being placed in the cemetery

Double Lot:
SLANT STYLE ONLY:
Maximum Base: 3’x14”
Maximum Height: 2’





St. Margaret Section:


Some lots are specifically only allowed flat markers. please call the cemetery at (413) 739-4779 to discuss your allowances prior to your appointment

Four Grave Lot:
Maximum Base: 5’x14”
Maximum Height: 3’





St. Gemma Section


Some lots are specifically only allowed flat markers. please call the cemetery at (413) 739-4779 to discuss your allowances prior to your appointment

Maximum Base: 5’
Maximum Height: 3’