Families stunned by order to remove 'non-compliant' tributes from grave sites
The Bunbury Cemetery Board is under fire from locals after issuing 28-day removal notices for "non-compliant" tributes at gravesites.
Local families are facing heartbreak after the Bunbury Cemetery Board ordered the removal of non-compliant tributes and markers from grave sites within 28 days. Denise Thornborough, whose daughter Linda McDonald passed away 13 years ago, expressed devastation at the prospect of losing the homemade tributes she and her family have maintained for over a decade.
The cemetery board cited safety and maintenance concerns, asserting their compliance with state laws and regulations. The move has ignited backlash, with a local petition garnering almost 800 signatures in favor of changing the by-laws. Families have been left heartbroken, questioning why the resting places of their loved ones have been disturbed after so many years, and why the cost of headstones should dictate how families remember them.
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