Cemeteries
Pleasant View Township maintains three cemeteries. Contact the Township Office before arranging a burial, purchasing a space, placing a monument, or making changes to a cemetery lot.
Pleasant View Township Center Cemetery
Selected burial spaces may be available under Township residency, phase, and purchase limits.
Pleasant View Township Starr Cemetery
The Township’s published rules identify Starr Western Cemetery as closed to future grave-site sales.
Pleasant View Township North Ayr Cemetery
North Ayr Cemetery is closed to future grave-site sales.
Burial, cremation & placement fees
These are the fees published by the Township. Confirm current pricing and scheduling with the Township Office before making arrangements.
Published cemetery rules
Burial and documentation
- The original death certificate or cremation certificate must be provided to the Sexton or Township Clerk before burial.
- All graves must have a marker within 60 days.
- Green burials are not permitted.
- Dumping of ashes is not permitted.
- When snow is deep enough to require plowing, burials are not performed.
Markers and foundations
- A foundation base under a stone must extend at least 2 inches beyond the stone on every side.
- Published headstone-placement pricing applies to standard 12 × 24 and 12 × 48 inch stones.
- Contact the Township before ordering or placing any monument, marker, base, or other memorial feature.
Lots and landscaping
- No curbing is permitted around a lot.
- Trees may be planted only at the Sexton’s discretion.
- Artificial flowers are allowed.
- No “afton stone,” glass, washed drain stone, or similar material is permitted on lots.
Township authorization
- Do not arrange a burial, purchase, monument placement, planting, or lot alteration without Township approval.
- Contact the Township Office for the complete current rules and regulations.
- If a published summary conflicts with an adopted rule or Township direction, the adopted rule and Township authorization control.
Before making cemetery arrangements
Contact the Township
Confirm cemetery availability, residency eligibility, current fees, rules, and the appropriate Township/Sexton contact.
Provide documentation
Coordinate the required original death or cremation certificate before scheduling an interment.
Approve memorial work
Obtain authorization before ordering a foundation, placing a headstone, planting a tree, or altering a lot.
Cemetery questions or arrangements
Contact the Township Office for current rules, fees, cemetery availability, directions, or Sexton coordination.
The Township’s full adopted cemetery rules and current fee schedule control over this web summary. No official rules PDF or verified cemetery street addresses were available in the website’s Media Library or Document Library at the time of this update.