The City of Osawatomie has signed a contract to give maintenance and management responsibilities of the city’s cemeteries to Emily and Loren McCrea of Eddy-Birchard Funeral Home. The management change went into effect February 1st. The McCrea’s are taking over management of a variety of duties, including burial permits, stone settings, vault burials, internment of remains and other cemetery operations such as the purchase of burial spaces, according to the release. the City of Osawatomie will retain full ownership over the municipal cemeteries and will continue to process all payments associated with the cemeteries.
As part of the new management agreement, the McCrea’s and the City of Osawatomie will work to digitize and archive existing historical burial records, some of which date back to the late 1800’s. Both parties will assist in the ongoing maintenance of records and the City of Osawatomie will continue to issue Ownership Deeds, as dictated by Kansas State Statutes.
Emily is a 2004 graduate of Osawatomie High School and Loren is a 2000 graduate of Prairie View High School.
