The Point Road Memorial Forest (PRMF)is a place of tranquil unspoiled beauty. The spirit of this enterprise is to return our physical selves to the earth with loving and natural commemoration.
In 1994, the Stone Family donated two acres to the Town of Marion for a public cemetery located off Point Road adjacent to the Blankenship Cemetery. The Point Road Memorial Forest was created in 2000 by an inspired collaboration of a generous family, a talented landscape architect, energetic volunteers and the Town of Marion.
Patty Wylde, landscape designer, took inspiration from the distinctive landscape features and the native flora to create an elegant woodland place of permanent repose. Due to the topography of the land, the burial of cremated remains only is mandated and is limited to the residents of Marion and their relatives.
Please join us on Sunday, June 3 at 4:00 pm for a walk through the forest along with an informal talk about its history and its future. The Advisory Committee (Margie Baldwin, Chrissie Bascom, Tess Cederholm, Margaret Nash and Cathy Stone) will be on hand to guide you and to answer any questions that you might have.
The PRMF is the smallest of the six cemeteries in Marion and is permanently endowed. It is the only one limited to cremated remains. There will be brochures at the site as well as at the Department of Public Works, which will explain in detail the genesis of the cemetery and the burial procedure.