Resident seeks exception to Mapleton cemetery policy; board orders measurement
Jul 15, 2026
LeRoy Shepard asked the Select Board to allow six burials on his family plot where current town policy allows five; the board directed the Town Manager and funeral-home representative to measure the plot and review ownership documents, including a will referencing a burial space willed by Kathrine Fox.
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Resident LeRoy Shepard asked the Select Board to grant an exception to Mapleton's 2022 cemetery policy so his family plot could accommodate six burials instead of the five permitted under the policy. Shepard also told the board he holds a will in which a burial space owned by Kathrine Fox was willed to him by his aunt.
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