Allendale Charter Township - Allendale Michigan

6676 Lake Michigan Drive
P O Box 539
Allendale, Michigan 49401

Ph: 616-895-6295
Fax:616-895-6670 and
616-895-6330

Office hours:
Monday-Friday, 8am - 5pm

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Cemetery

Please note the following:

• All flowers must be planted in movable containers with handles

• The Township will remove all floral designs, flowers, weeds, trees, shrubs, plants or herbage if it becomes unsightly, dangerous, detrimental or diseased

• All trees planted on or removed from any grave sites must be done by the Township

• The Township may remove all wreaths and flowers in late fall

• Footings will be installed by the Township only, after both/all parties named on the headstone are buried

The Allendale Township Cemetery is located on the west side of 60th Avenue, between Warner St. and Lincoln St., north of Lake Michigan Drive (M-45). The first recorded burial was in 1851. The original cemetery property consisted of 10 acres, and an additional 10 acres was purchased in 1999 for future expansion.

The cemetery is open to the public daily from dawn to dusk.

For complete information regarding rules and regulations of the Township Ordinance which governs the use of the cemetery, contact Township Clerk, Candy Kraker at
616-895-6295, extension 6, or e-mail at candy@allendale-twp.org

Families of Veterans in the Allendale Cemetery

We believe there are several graves (especially older ones) of veterans in the Allendale Cemetery that should have a flag holder. The Township office is not aware of who all of the veterans are. So if you know of any veterans buried in the Allendale Cemetery that do not have a flag holder, please call Candy Kraker at the Township office, 616-895-6295, ext. 6.

Fall Cemetery Cleanup

The Township maintenance staff conducts a fall clean-up in the cemetery each year at the end of October. Families are asked to pick up floral arrangements and/or any loose items that are now on their family grave sites. During the cleanup process, floral arrangements, both real and artificial, that are not in typical cemetery containers (such as cement urns or baskets with a handle) and any loose items that have not yet been picked up by family members will be discarded. The only exception will be floral arrangements for burials which took place in the months of September and October.

Cemetery Records

Complete burial records are available for research or genealogy by contact Clerk Candy Kraker at 616-895-6295, extension 6, or e-mail at candy@allendale-twp.org.

Grave Site Costs:
• $250 for a resident (A resident is defined as a person living in the Township, either owning or renting a dwelling unit, or a person who resided in the Township at the date of death. This shall also include a person who lived in the Township but due to health reasons has moved outside of the Township.)
• $750 for a non-resident

Grave opening/closing costs: (includes footing costs)
• $400 for a resident (with footing cost included)
• $900 for a non-resident (with footing cost included)
• $225 for a resident child with burial box under four (4) feet in length (with footing cost included)
• $400 for a non-resident child with burial box under four(4) feet in length (with footing cost included)

Cremation grave opening/closing costs: (includes footing costs)
• $125 for resident
• $300 for non-resident

Moving of remains from one grave to another grave within the cemetery:
• $650 per grave

Dis-interment of remains which will be moved to another cemetery:
• $400 per grave

Saturday burials:
• $250 extra for resident
• $475 extra for non-resident
• $150 extra per hour after 3:00 pm for resident
• $225 extra per hour after 3:00 pm for non-resident

Winter burials: (December 1 – March 31)
• $200 extra for resident
• $225 extra for non-resident

Late in the day: (3:00 - 5:00pm.) weekdays:
• $150 extra per hour after 3:00 pm for resident
• $225 extra per hour after 3:00pm for non-resident

Transfer of grave sites:
• $100 resident to resident
• $125 non-resident to non-resident
• $500 resident to non-resident (this is the difference between resident and non-resident grave cost)

The cost of footings for headstones will be included in the grave opening/closing costs.

No Sunday, evening, or holiday burials allowed

Veterans in the Allendale Cemetery as of April 2008
Abbey, Nathaniel Alderink, Jacob Alderink, James Arnoldink, Alfred Baird, Marvin Baker, John Baker, Kenneth Baker, Robert Barbrick, Phillip Beighley, Clarence Bell, William Bement, Harley Bennett, Lafayett Berghorst, Gerald Boerema, Wyke Bouwman, William Jr Bradley, Luie Brouwer, Louis Brouwer, Peter Brower, Gerrit Brown, Charles Brunger, Peter Burch, Lynn Bush, Harry Canter, Allen Cole, James Comstock, William Cook, Warren Cooley, Arthur Cooley, Cody Cooley, Henry Costley, Byram Crowe, George Danneffel, Earl DeHollander, James DeJonge, Derwin DeJonge, Henry DeNeff, Lee Duram, Samuel Dyke, Garald Dykstra, Enoch Elling, William Eling, Robert Elzinga, Edward Engelsman, Herman Eno, Clarence Eseltine, Fayette Fansler, Robert Forist, Donald Forsyth, George Franklin, Clifford Frazier, Edgar Gee, James Geldhof, Peter Gemmen, Albert Geurink, Hemina Geurink, Henry Goudzwaard, Eugene Gould, Earl Greep, Robert Groen, John Gunn, Jacob Jenkins, John Haisley, James Hall, Charles Ham, Charles Hamstra, Dick Haynes, Robert Headworth, Earl Heaton, Anson Heriman, JH Herrick, Howard Herrington, Raymond Hill, Horace Hoekwater, William Horling, Jake Horling, Mensir Horton, Donald Hovingh, David	Hovingh, Eugene Hovingh, Isaac Jenkins, Bert Jenkins, Carl Jenkins, John Karel, Russell Kent, Eli Kidd, Willis Kleinjans, Benjamin Kleinjans, James Kloosterhouse, Henry Kloosterman, Arnold Knoper, Ben Knoper, Henry Knowlton, Hiram Knowlton, William Kol, John Koster, Henry Kraker, Alfred Kraker, Art Kraker, Clarence Kraker, John Kraker, Raymond Kulikamp, Arthur Kuzee, Lawrence LaPreze, Clifford Leggett, Carl Lemmen, Donald Lieffers, Dale MacDonald, Bert Mackey, E Robert Marcusse, Carl Marcusse, Lawrence Mast, Corneal Mazurkiewicz, Eugene McClure, Edward McMillan, Ernest McMullin, Clifford McMullin, George McMullin, Lawrence McNair, Eldon Meerman, Henry Miedema, Robert Miller, James Miller, Nellie Miller, Roland Mohnke, Leroy Morse, Leslie Morse, Lloyd Neuman, Lloyd Neuman, Merle Neuman, Royal Neuman, Russell Neuman, William Nyenbrink, Willard Oesch, Jack Parish, Enos Parish, Newton Parish, William Pearsall, Dewey Perales, Vincent Perkins, Albert Pitz, Christopher Pixley, Frank Ploegstra, Harry Poelstra, Carl Poelstra, John Poelstra, Orie Porter, Asa Post, Benjamin Postma, Carl Potgeter, David Potgeter, Gerald Potter, Donald Reinks, Louis	Reister, Francis Richards, Harvey Riphagen, Gerritt Ritenburg, William Roon, Peter Rosema, Sidney Rogman, Jay Rotman, Joseph Rotman, Joseph Jr. Rozema, Thomas Salisbury, Charles Sall, Roger Schonwald, David Schroeder, Alice Scott, Dale Seabert, Francis Shepard, John Shephard, Lawrence Sheridan, Frank Sietsema, Harm Simmons, Harvey Smallegan, Russell Smead, Charles Smead, Darwin Smead, Elijah Snyder, Frank Snyder, Forrest Sr. Snyder, Forrest Jr. Snyder, Frank Stanton, David Stanton, Harold Starner, Cecil Stevens, James Stevens, Milo Stoddard, Joshua Jr. Stoddard, Joshua Sr. Swart, John Taylor, Leslie TenBrink, Willard Tepper, Wilma Terpstra, Andrew Terpstra, Donald Thayer, George Thayer, Roger Thomasma, Johannas Thurkettle, William Turk, Donald VandenBrink, William VandePanne, Richard VanderWall, Henry VanDyke, James VanEeuwen, Charles VanFarowe, Ed VerLee, Franklin Vissers, Glenn Vugteveen, Harry Waasenaar, Peter Walcott, Henry Waldie, Charles Waldie, William Waldie, Leland Wallinga, Louis Wallinga, Peter Walwood, Clarence Walwood, Theodore Way, Louis Wellman, Earl Wilson, Samuel Wolbrink, Francis Wolbrink, Leslie Wolbrink, Ruth Wydeck, Daniel Ykema, August Zichterman, Joe Zylstra, Constance Zylstra, Henry

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