IVY GREEN CEMETERY
SUBVETS BURIAL SITES

Where are the submarine veterans burial sites
and who is eligible to be buried there? 

In 1995 the City of Bremerton passed a resolution dedicating 40 burial sites at Ivy Green Cemetery specifically for burial of those veterans who have served in submarines of the United States Navy.  Subsequently, USSVI-Bremerton Base placed a stone monument there commemorating those submarine veterans.  Ivy Green Cemetery is located at 1401 Naval Avenue, at the opposite end of Naval Avenue from Naval Station Kitsap-Bremerton, generally known as PSNS.

Submarine qualified veterans (DD-214 required) and their spouses are eligible for this honor..  A full burial (side by side) for a submarine veteran and his spouse would require two sites, purchased at the same time.  A single site would be adequate for inurnment of cremated remains of a  veteran and spouse. 

Charges related to purchase of sites or burial services including cremations are based upon mailing addresses of individual parties.  Non-Bremerton residents and those with P.O. Boxes will pay a 20% increase on all charges.  For example, a grave site purchased in 2004, would cost a Bremerton resident $840.00 and a non-resident $1008.00.  This initial plot cost does not include additional burial costs such as opening/closing the grave, liners, markers, etc.  Services and costs are reviewed annually by the Bremerton City Council and adjusted as appropriate. 

The City of Bremerton does not accept partial or time payments.  Site purchases must be paid in full (and at one time) prior to preparing site deed and the purchaser is responsible for filing their deed with the Kitsap County Auditor.   

Thirty-nine Subvet burial sites are currently available and may be purchased anytime.  For additional information contact our USSVI-Bremerton Base Chaplin at 830-4216 or, in his absence, the Bremerton Parks Specialist at 478-5320.  

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The following figures are the cost for services at Ivy Green Cemetery as approved by the Bremerton City
Council for 2004.  Effective January 1, 2004.  Resident fee applies only to those living within the
City Of Bremerton city limits.  All others and P.O. Box numbers are classified as not-residents.

 Ivy Green Cemetery - Fees and Charges for 2004  
Effective date, January 1, 2004 
 

(a) Adult Burial                                              Resident                                          Non-Resident

 (b) Veterans Plot 

 © Infant Burial 

 (d) Disinternment 

 (e) Additional Burial Costs 

 (f) Liners 

 (g) Opening and Closing 

 (h) Burial Sites 

 (i) Inurnment 

 (j) Disurnments 

 (k) Raise Grave 

 (l) Markers (Setting Fees) 

* Plus State Tax

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The following memorandum, on City of Bremerton letterhead,
contains policy regarding site purchases.

DATE:                      January 28, 2000
TO:                           All Local Funeral Chapels
FROM:                     Bremerton Parks & Recreation Department
SUBJECT:               Purchase of sites and Burial Charges

 Please be advised of the following at Ivy Green Cemetery,
1401 Naval Avenue, Bremerton, Washington 98337.
This memo supersedes any and all prior notices. 

Please inform requesting clients that Ivy Green Cemetery
has the following policy regarding site purchases. 

1.  We do not accept partial payments or time payment sales for sites,
       related items, markers or burial services. 

2.  Plot (site) purchases are mandatory charges to be paid prior
      (and at one time) to preparing of any site deed. 

3.  We do not collect or receive funds for the opening/closing of a
        site or cement liner prior to actual need (pre-need). 

4.  If your funeral home is paying cemetery cost, we will proceed to open
        site for services upon verification of same.  If the family or individual
        is paying the cemetery cost, then all charge must be paid in advance. 

5.  All burials must have a twenty-four (24) working hour notification
       (3 working days) if at all able to allow for scheduling.

6.  No burials will be conducted on Sundays or legal holidays unless
        required by a City medical officer.

7.  The City of Bremerton does not file deeds with the Kitsap County Auditors office. 
        This is the responsibility of the individual or family member purchasing the site.

8.  Ivy Green will accept no services after 2:00 p.m. Monday through Friday
       (exception:  prior notice and additional charge) to allow for personnel to go off
        duty at 4:00 p.m..  (services will be accepted after 2:00 p.m. only with prior payment,
         that is non-refundable, 2 hours maximum) and prior approval of the department head
        or his authorized representative. 

9.  Saturday services (4 hour maximum) shall incur an additional charge (that is non-refundable).    
         This service shall require prior approval of the department head or his authorized
           representative above and beyond any other charge. 

10.  Charges are based upon mail address of individual parties with non-residents (Bremerton).
           Resident’s prices are posted.  Non-resident addressees will pay a 20% increase on all
           listed charges related to purchase of sites or burial services (this includes cremations). 

11.  Point of contact Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Don Hock at 478-5320.

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PARKS AND RECREATION
680 Lebo Blvd., Bremerton, WA 98310
(360) 478-5305

 IVY GREEN CEMETERY RULES AND REGULATIONS

1.  All internments in lots shall be restricted to members of the family and relations of the proprietors thereof.
       Proprietors shall not allow interments to be made in their lots for remuneration..  

2.  Floral Regulations:  The city shall have authority to remove all floral designs, flowers, weeds, trees,
        shrubs, plants or herbage of any kind from the cemetery as soon as, in the judgment of the
        management, they become unsightly, dangerous, detrimental or deceased, or when they do not
        conform to the standards maintained.            
                The city shall not be liable for floral pieces, baskets or frames in which such floral pieces
       are attached. The city reserves the right to prevent the removal of any flowers, floral designs, trees,
       shrubs or plants, or herbage of any kind, unless it gives it’s consent. 
      Artificial flowers are permitted during the winter month only. 

3.  No lot or grave shall be decorated by the owner or others interested therein with any trees, shrubs or plants
      of the permanent nature; this does not, however, exclude the placing of cut flowers upon graves, which must
      be placed in regulation type vases sunk level with the ground.  Vases are available, at a nominal charge,
      upon application at the office.  Floral or other decorations will be removed as soon as they become wilted
      or unsightly and persons wishing to retain any of the decorations must remove them within
      forty-eight (48) hors after internment.  

           All flowers not in permanent vases will be removed the first of each week through the mowing season
      except Memorial Day weekend.  No more than two containers which have been approved by the management
      shall be permitted on each lot at any time except Memorial Day weekend.  All temporary containers and floral
       frames not called for by those lawfully entitled to them with five (5) days after removal by the city,
       may be disposed of by the city in any manner it sees fit.

 4.  Trees, Plants, Shrubs and Monument Regulations:  No trees, plants or shrubs shall hereafter be set in the
        cemetery except when under the immediate supervision of the city.  All gravestones and monument bases
        shall be of granite, marble, limestone, or other approved stone.  No concrete or other similar material shall
        be permitted above ground level.  All stones and monuments shall be set flush with the ground, unless
        matching and existing stone or monument on the same site or location. 
        No monuments, markers or gravestones shall be placed in said cemetery except by cemetery personnel.. 
               Only flat (flush with turf) memorial and markers are permitted.  Setting prices will be established
        from time to time by cemetery action.  Older style upright markers may remain, however, with family
        or descendent approval, cemetery staff will lay them flat at no charge. 

5.  Certain Ornaments Prohibited:  The placing of boxes, shells, toys, metal designs, ornaments, chairs, settees,
        glass, wood or iron cases, and similar articles, upon lots shall not be permitted, and if so placed, the city
         may remove the same. 

6.  Transferal of Remains:  All request for remains to be moved from one gravesite to another within
       Ivy Green Cemetery require written permission to be furnished to the city by the nearest next of
       kin (father, mother, brother, sister, son or daughter).  A double opening/closing charge and liner
       charge will be made in addition to any other cost borne by the transfer. 

7.  All interments and disinterment shall be made only by cemetery personnel with equipment. 
       Cemetery management reserves the right to suspend all interments and disinterment, due to work
        stoppage, labor disputes, acts of god, or other good causes. 
               Cemetery management shall have the right to correct any errors or omissions in recording
         or in making interments or disinterment including, without limitation, the right to inter or reenter
          in a comparable location.

8.  Overtime/Saturday:  All services must begin at cemetery no later than 2:00 p.m. to allow for cemetery
         staff to complete burial and removal of equipment by 4:00 p.m.  All services received at cemetery
         after 2:00 p.m. will be charged an additional charge (for city residents only) (non-refundable) to
        compensate for overtime pay for cemetery personnel.  Non-city residents - refer to cemetery fees
        and charges. 
               Saturday services must be scheduled to arrive at the cemetery no later than 11:00 a.m. 
        A charge, non-refundable, for a non-holiday related Saturday to be paid in advance of services.