Why the restrictions at cemetery?

My family and I have grave sites in Millburn Cemetery on Grass Lake Road in Millburn. We bought the sites a few years back because we were attracted to the quiet area, and the beauty of the cemetery. Especially when you drove by at night and all the solar lights were glowing. During the day you could see all the loving thought's that people placed on their loved ones graves. True the older part of the cemetery did not have as much as the newer part, but maybe those people's relatives were even gone now!

Being I cannot get anyone to respond (I have no idea who to call) to my question of why the cemetery has decided to disallow any decorations, solar lights, plant hangers, and other decorations (too numerous to mention), I want to see if someone will respond in the newspaper.

Some of our decorations, we paid for, especially the plant hangers, were taken away from us, who paid for them, by someone (obviously) working for the cemetery, and I wonder what happened to them? Garage sale?

Why did they impose such strict rules against showing our love for deceased family members, after we bought the grave sites? Why were we not warned that the cemetery was considering these restrictions?

I have traveled around the country, and to my dismay, no other cemetery is imposing these restrictions, as you can tell even just by driving by the cemetery! Antioch, Warren, Grass Lake, Highland, and others are allowing lights, decorations, and plant hangers too.

Is Millburn Cemetery trying to reduce their incoming customers? One of the new restrictions is no artificial flower arrangements. Some plot owners cannot get there once a week even to water the real plants. Artificial plant arrangements often times are more beautiful than real groups can be made to look. Plus artificial from the road look just as nice and won't look terrible when not watered regularly.

Amy Rubenacker

Bristol, Wis.