Pre-Need Sales of Cemetery Plots Available in January

Pre-Need Sales of Cemetery Plots Available in January

QUINCY, MA – Mayor Thomas Koch announced that the Cemetery Division of the Department of

Natural Resources will sell cemetery plots on a pre-need basis starting in January. The City has not sold

pre-need plots for more than 25 years. The expansion of the Pine Hill Cemetery off Willard Street is

allowing for the pre-need sales initiative.

In order to purchase a cemetery plot or cremation niche at Pine Hill Cemetery, one must be a resident

of Quincy. Not more than eight interment spaces will be sold to any one individual. Burial plots will

only be sold to individuals and not organizations or institutions.

Plots are available for purchase now. Residents can purchase plots on-line by visiting

www.quincyma.gov Residents that do not have access to the internet or that would prefer to purchase

the plots in person, can visit the Mount Wollaston Cemetery Office at 20 Sea Street. The office is open

for sales from 8 am to 2 pm. Monday through Friday. Payment for the purchase of the internment

spots is required upon purchase.

The Pine Hill Cemetery expansion project has been planned for many years and is now underway.

Seven acres of new land will be developed and include interment spaces for more than 13,650 people.

Those interment spaces will be made up of traditional burial spaces and the City’s first cremation

niches. The work is expected to be completed in late-2023 or early-2024.

“We are happy to achieve this goal of providing Quincy residents the peace of mind that interment

spaces will be available to them in their hometown,” said Mayor Koch. “It is important to the people

we serve that they do not have to travel far to visit the final resting place of a loved one. The expanded

Pine Hill Cemetery will provide an appropriate and dignified final resting place for more than 13,000 of

our residents and allow their loved ones to easily visit.”The contract work for the expansion project is being performed by C Naughton Corp. Project

engineering has been done by Woodward and Curran. Landscape Architectural firm KZLA is handling a

number of the design features of the landscape. Monti Ackerman, a Quincy-based business, is

contracted to create the water features and other monuments and memorials.

The Cemetery Board of Managers oversees the six municipal cemeteries in Quincy; Pine Hill, Mount

Wollaston, Hall, Hancock, Sailors’ Home, and Snug Harbor. The Board sets the policies for the

municipal cemeteries and establishes the fees.

The City will be providing cremation niches as part of this project. These are the first niches in any of

Quincy’s municipal cemeteries. Cremation remains are eligible to be buried in other cemeteries but

this is the first niche wall in Quincy’s cemeteries.

In addition to the expansion, the existing areas of Pine Hill Cemetery will be improved. The roads will

be repaved, new barrels and water connections will be added, a new office building will be built, and a

meditation garden will be added. New trees and flowering shrubs will be added to the existing areas

to add to the aesthetics.

“Pine Hill Cemetery will be a beautiful place that provides a necessary service to Quincy residents,”

said Commissioner of Natural Resources David Murphy. “Mayor Koch has worked tirelessly to get this

new section permitted by the State and now Quincy residents will be able to find a dignified, final

resting place in their hometown. I am also proud that we are providing various internment options

that meet the diverse needs of our community. This is a great project for the City and I am grateful for

the support from Mayor Koch, the City Council, and the Cemetery Board of Managers.”