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A typical grave site at Rolling
Acres Pet Cemetery. Flowers
and crosses adorn a lot of the
graves. Mary Schaller, office
manager of Rolling Acres, dis
plays one of the many coffins
they offer for burial of pets. The
gift shop also sells urns and
plaques.
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Sorrow of a pet’s death can be eased I
By James P. Webb
Staff Reporter __
Rolling Acres Pet Cemetery, Cre
matory and Funeral Home, 400 S.
134 St., was granted Approved Pet
Cemetery Status in October, ac
cording to owner/director Patricia
Strnot.
Approved Status is granted to
cemeteries fulfilling basic stan
dards approved of by the Interna
tional Association of Pet Cemeter
ies, said Strnot, board of directors
member of IAPC since 1981.
According to Strnot, the stan
dards include: the ownership of
five or more acres of land, the land
deeded to the cemetery and an
endowment fund in place.
“VC hat we’re trying to do is get
rid of the fly-by-night operators,”
Strnot said. "They abandoned the
pets and use the land to build
condos.”
Rolling Acres, one of two pet
cemeteries in Lincoln, is the only
approved pet cemetery in Ne
braska and one of 11 approved pet
cemeteries in the United States,
according to the IAPC. The other
approved cemeteries are located in
California and Ohio.
Its good ror our pk, btrnot
said “We get people from Omaha
and we have people who have
moved away from here who have
not found a decent pet cemetery.”
Strnot, who served as president
of the IAPC for a one-year term in
198", said she voluntarily sought
approval early this year, but has
operated under most of the guide
lines of the IAPC since opening.
The main concern of IAPC is for
perpetual" care of the pets.
Strnot received special permit
for 34 acres in 1977 and since has
built two storage buildings for
equipment and a funeral home in
accordance with building codes
for the city of Lincoln. Plans are
under way for a 480-square foot
addition for a gift shop
Other improvements include an
expanded visiting room to avoid
traffic from the gift shop, the addi
tion of a counseling room and
relocation of restroom facilities.
Grief counseling and support are
available through a group com
posed of Strnot and Wilma White,
a volunteer, and other part-time
employees.
“People don’t realize how ter
rible losing a pet can be. They say,
You’re just being foolish. You can
replace it with another pet,”’ White
said. “But if they’ve lost a son and
if the son has taught the dog tricks,
(the dog) becomes a constant
reminder to the parents. Then,
when the dog dies, it’s like burying
the son all over for them.”
Rolling Acres offers a flexible
assortment of burial, crematory
and ceremony arrangements ac
cording to Strnot. She said crema
tions range from $45 to $115 ac
cording the weight of the animals
and burials, depending upon loca
tion of the plot, range from $12 to
$120.
There are five areas for custom
ers to choose from including the
Garden of Whispering Pines and
the Garden of St. Francis, patron
saint of animals.
“We even have the remains of
owners buried with their pets,”
Strnot said.
Because officials say concrete
vaults constructed on site cannot
be proven watertight, human
corpses cannot be buried at Rolling
Acres. However, according to
Strnot, cremated remains of hu
mans may be disposed of in any
manner and cremated remains of
pets may accompany corpses in
regular burials.
“We have seven owners buried
here and (in some cases) have ar
rangements for the spouse to bur
ied here too,” Strnot said. “We
have mostly dogs and cats, also
hamsters and gerbils, birds, a
monkey, a parrot, (and a few riding
horses).”
The explanation for a majority
of dog burials, according to Strnot,
is because they live outside and are
exposed to the elements. The older
dogs develop arthritis and some
can’t take the jmmer heat; dogs
also frequently are hit by motor ve
hicles.
white said that dogs plots are
Curposely located away from those
elonging to cats because of ca
nine tendency for aggression to
ward members of the feline family.
I lowever, cats may be buried with
dogs in another area upon owner
request.
Strnot said burials may take on
many forms; from owners who
bring in their pels for a simple
burial alongside a windbreak, to
elaborate arrangements including
all family members.
“We arrange for the ceremony
to last an hour,” Strnot said. “We
wail for all the family members to
show up .. . sometimes they bring
their own priest.”
She said the staff encourages the
family to write notes and/or leave
pictures with pets.
“The whole thing is like ther
apy," Strnot said. -
“People talk more here than at
funerals held in town,” While said.
“People aren’t as afraid to talk
about the good times w ith their pet
as they are to talk to (deceased)
people.”
Strnot said in addition to regular
visitations, including some from
Omaha, many people remember
their pets on Memorial Day, adorn
ing tombstones with crosses and
flowers available for purchase at
the funeral home and gifts from the
family.
“I think we have more flowers
out here than they do (at the ceme
teries in town),” Strnot said. “We
also have an open house the sec
ond Sunday in September espe
cially for visiting pets.”
In addition to flowers, regular
and custom tombstones, caskets of
variable size and cost, and an as
sortment of brass, aluminum and
tin urns are available for purchase.
Also, plaques, which are mounted
inside a gazebo, and living memo
rials, such as a tree or shrub, may
be purchased directly or given to
owners of a deceased pel.
Strnot said other income comes
from sales from a booth Rolling
Acres rents during the Nebraska
State Fair. At the booth, volunteers
sell items from the gift shop includ
ing: cards and posters of children
and animals by Swedish artist Lisi
Martin, stuffed dolls of children
and animals by Annalee, an Flasl
Coast enterprise, and other small
animal sculptures and figurines.
“We sell just enough to cover
expenses,” Strnot said.
She said that it’s not a business
in w hich a great deal of money is
wailing to be made and stressed
that that kind of expectation is
dangerous to the well-being of
pets.
Strnot said except lor donations
and a great deal of volunteer work,
her husband has been her sole
support financially, providing ini
tial capital for start-up costs.
“1 le has supported what was ba
sically my idea,” Strnot said. “It’s
not going to make us millionaires,
we just want to make this one spot
greener on this earth because we
were here.”
The cemetery grounds are open
from 9 a.m. until sunset every day
and the office is open from 9 a m.
until noon, Monday through Satur
day.
Besides being a member of the
IACP, Rolling Acres also belongs to
the Nebraska Cemetery Associa
tion and the Central States Ceme
tery Association.
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