Riverside Cemetery Rates

Charges for Burial Services shall be:

Service Weekday Saturday After 11AM on Saturday Sunday Holiday
Burial of Ashes $100 $150 $175 $175
Opening/Closing Mausoleum $225 $325 $375 $425
Disinternment $600 + charges by vault company if any
Infant Disinternment $300 + charges by vault company if any
Ashes Disinternment $200 + charges by vault company if any
Internment:        
Adult $275 $375 $400 $425
Child 2-10 $225 $275 $300 $325
Infant $125 $175 $200 $225

Weekday rates shall be increased by $100.00 for overtime wages for work performed after 3:00 P.M.

The cost of contiguous grave lots shall be as follows:

Number of Lots Resident of City Non-Resident
Infant $125 $175
1 $250 $300
2 $450 $550
3 $650 $800
4 $850 $1,050
5+ $200/lot $250/lot

All lots sold on a pre-need basis, must be paid in full upon purchase. Burial services and lots sold on an as-needed basis, will need to be paid in full prior to service or paid through the attending funeral home.

No headstone or monument shall be erected other than on a properly sized foundation constructed under the guidance of Cemetery personnel. No foundation shall be installed on any lot until all charges for the purchase of the lot and performance of burial services rendered thereon are fully paid.

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Cemetery lot payments can be made to the City of Defiance located at the City Annex, 631 Perry Street.

Payments can be mailed to:

City of Defiance
631 Perry Street
Defiance, OH 43512
Attn: Christy Brown