I guess I don’t have any issues with taking information off of monuments. After all, the whole point of placing a memorial in a public cemetery is for people to visit and reflect on the person. Reading information off a stone is in no way disrespectful.

On the other hand, placing a cache container in close proximity to stones is not a good idea. There is a cache in Caledonia where you need to straddle a grave marker to find a cache hidden in a nearby tree. This is really too close.

I can certainly respect your position, but I’m personally someone who enjoys going to cemetaries, and would not in any way be offended if someone else came and looked at my father’s grave to pull some numbers from it.

From my limited experience with reading this forum, I think that, with maybe only one or two exceptions, everyone would have the common sense and respect to avoid a situation that would interfere with anyone else’s respects or bereavement, so I don’t have any issue with these caches.

Again, that’s just me.

I have to respectfully disagree with the OP on this topic. Had it not been for cemetary caches, I would have never known about the interesting story of Belle Boyd (See GCZ1NQ), or have been able to visit the only Revolutionary War soldier buried in Sauk County (see GCXPZ6), or learned about a fellow Wisconsin poet (see GCN26B).
I appreciate these caches, for not only do they provide a smiley, but they provide some insight on history as well.

I prefer a respectful simple hide in a cemetery versus having to come up with the coordinates. I do however understand the value of a history lesson as much as the next person.

Also I wish that the Reviewers would not allow posting the coordinates to the entrance and calling it a Multi. I beleive that if it’s classified as a multi, the posted coordinates should be the Marker that you are required to find. Otherwise to me it should be posted as type Unknown. Especially, when the marker you are trying to find is described like marc describes them 🙂 Like “find anna” and there are a handful of markers with anna on them.

And I agree with Zuma on the use of markers. They should be standing upright because we have snow covering the ground for many months making some un-huntable for many months out of the year. And we should not be encouraging any sort of digging the snow in cemeteries. If as an owner you choose to make it unhuntable in the winter, please add the attribute AND put in the listing to not hunt it in the winter out of respect for the surroundings.

While hunting lonely caches I have gotten to more WSQ’s than I have hunted before. It does add to the variation of the sport which is a positive. I just wish that owners would post the coordinates of the marker rather than the entrance so that were at least in the ball park when we hunt them!

I don’t mind caches in cemeteries at all, however I would really appreciate it if cachers would be a bit more respectful and be mindful of the days and times they are caching. For example, I would suggest refraining from caching in a Catholic cemetery on Sundays. That is one of the most crowded times and people are visiting graves of family and friends. I myself was a little peeved when I went to place a wreath on my mother’s grave prior to Christmas and there was a crowd of seven or eight people laughing it up at the WSQ: Opera Singer cache that was placed just a few days before. There were several other people that were also placing wreaths at this time. Yeah, ok, I know what you were all doing and that’s just fine, but don’t do it when other people are around.

**just my two cents**

@tyedyeskyguy wrote:

So, now I have to ask this question. My Great Aunt passed this weekend, and I’m thinking of making a memorial cache.

Her gravestone is going to have a bronze flower vase built into it, that is removable. You know, the ones that showed up in the news recently because they were being stolen to recycle. I’m trying to think of a way to attach a small micro to this vase so that it won’t be in the way for myself and family members when we want to use the vase. If this works out, I may place more because all of my family buried in this cemetery, have this style of marker.

My question is, is a cache like this acceptable? My family thinks it’s a great idea, so permission from us is not an issue. But, will it be an issue with GC.com? And do I need permission from the cemetery?

BTW I won’t be placing this cache until fall or next spring for obvious reasons.

Even if it is acceptable to you ad your family, I will not search out this cache as i definitely have an issue with these types of cemetery hides.

*** Just my 2 cents ****