Frequently Asked Questions

Please call City Hall at 403-782-1258, Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. 

You may also email Cemetery@Lacombe.ca listing the full name and passing date of the person you are trying to locate.

Please book an appointment by phoning 403-782-1258 or email cemetery@lacombe.ca requesting an appointment.

Flowers placed in a vase that is a permanent part of the monument may be left at a gravesite. Any other items placed at the plot will be removed and disposed of, as they hinder ground maintenance.

Please refer to the Fairview Cemetery Services Policy (PDF) for specific details.

Plantings often become overgrown, hinder interments, and may heave and crack foundations. Therefore, plantings of any kind are not permitted. City staff will remove them to maintain the integrity of the plots and monuments.

Plots will be seeded after they have settled and been tamped. Typically, this happens the following spring or fall after the interment.

In the past, burials occurred without casket vaults to protect the casket. Over time, these caskets will break down, and the ground will settle and fill the void where the casket had been. Whenever significant settling becomes a hazard, new soil will be added, tamped, and seeded to level the ground surface.

Please refer to the Fairview Cemetery Services Policy (PDF) for specific details and instructions.

All foundations and monuments must be created and installed by professional licensed monument companies to ensure City standards are followed. This also ensures that liability insurance is in place should a neighbouring monument or plot be damaged during installation.

Fairview Cemetery has not been designed for green burials.

Currently, no scattering garden exists in Fairview Cemetery.

The one-time perpetual care fee covers the costs of maintaining the grass and removing snow around the columbarium each year.

It varies depending on the size of the plots. Please refer to the Fairview Cemetery Services Policy (PDF), or call 403-782-1258 to discuss your family’s needs.

If your family member was buried less than 15 years ago, it may be possible, but it is not encouraged because of the unknown condition of the casket and remains of the interred relative. Please refer to the Fairview Cemetery Services Policy (PDF) for specifics.

At present, benches may not be placed at grave sites. However, the City’s memorial bench program may allow one of the approved benches to be purchased and placed nearby.

Please refer to the Memorial Bench Program for more details.