cemetery caretaker

Grounds keeper, graves

A cemetery caretaker is a person responsible for maintaining a burial ground—mowing grass, trimming hedges, digging graves, and keeping headstones and pathways in order.

The role may also involve interacting with grieving families and coordinating burials.

The cemetery caretaker lived in a small cottage on the grounds.

Related

headstones · grave marker · mourners · burial · six feet under · graves · flowers · weeds · mowing · solitude · silence · memorial · funeral · shovel · night shift · plots · grass · wreath

Opposites
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stage of death care

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Family

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Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G