Kensico Cemetery — Local services in Town of Mount Pleasant

Ariving at Kensico cemetary in early September to bury my father, I first had to claim ownership of his burial plot. All that was necessary was for me to show ID and sign a document. My name and phone number were both wrong on the first version of the form I was given. Office manager/notary eventually provided me with an accurate document and showed me where to sign. At this point, I was finished; however, the ludicrously inept employee whose desk I was sitting in front of gave me no directions, choosing instead to answer multiple phone calls. I, the bereaved (23 years old) was ignored. Both my parents are buried in Sharon Gardens, so I will return all my life to visit. The grounds themselves are lovely. However, the behavior of the incompetent employee and manager made an extremely difficult day worse. I would strongly advise anyone seeking compassionate (no one in the office expressed sympathy for my loss) or even helpful customer service go...

My family traveled an hour to visit Kensico Cemetery last week. Since the three of us are all closer to death than birth, it was perhaps one of those trips where we came face to face with the need to live life to the fullest.

The groundskeepers keep everything in tip-top shape. The people in the administrative/sales office were wonderful to us, gave us more than enough information to find the grave sites we wanted to visit, plus directed us to the bathrooms. To top it off, just outside there is a little picnic grove alongside the picturesque Harlem line train tracks.

We were very pleased to be welcomed in such a...

Arriving at Valhalla train station on an August Saturday morning. I walked to the graveyard in the shade of trees. The walk around this beautiful place was cooled by trees. My only company were the extensive team of Gardners that keep the graveyard in eerily pristine condition. Finding Rachmaninoff's place of rest, with his daughter, was easily done. I sat a while with them enjoying this place that they have gifted to...