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Cemetery board standardizes display season after family complaint over missing grave items
Summary
Following a written complaint about removed grave decorations, the Benton Harbor Cemetery Board voted to adopt a single posted display season (April 1–Oct. 1), require families to notify the office for special occasions and to reissue rules across office, website and handouts.
The Benton Harbor Cemetery Board addressed a written complaint from Dorothy Branscum about items that were placed at a gravesite and then removed. The complaint, received Oct. 19, 2025, included photographs and described a hanging wreath, two matching bouquets and a solar light that were no longer at the plot.
Board members said they found conflicting posted removal dates — some notices read Sept. 30, the website…
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