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Saturday, November 12, 2005 After years of Navy life, moving from town to town and having to leave their pets behind, John and Pam Glave decided they wanted to help owners find a place for their pets for eternity. So after John retired and they moved to Aiken County, they opened Plumtree Pet Services.
"Right now our cemetery has dogs, cats and four rats," Mrs. Glave says as she sweeps leaves from one rat's grave marker. "All four of them died within a year apart, and the owner wanted to keep them together. He purchased three grave sites and had two rats put into one grave. The cost was $500 per grave site, which came to $1,500 for all three."
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Pam Glave cleans leaves from a pet's grave at Plumtree Pet Services' pet cemetery in Windsor. Pets such as Pinky the rat (above) can be buried or cremated at the cemetery.
Click photo for optionsThe cost of a regular burial is $500 to $1,500, depending on the size of the animal. Pets can be buried in something as simple as a plastic container or as elaborate as a casket. Toys, blankets and other items can be buried with the pet at the owner's request.
Since it opened in 1995, Plumtree has been called for all kinds of animals, from kangaroos to ferrets to emus. And at Plumtree's cemetery, all pets get the same treatment. A backhoe is used to open the grave, and the grave is at least 4 feet deep. A bench sits among the trees for those who wish to visit. There is also a statue of St. Francis.
But burial isn't the only service offered by Plumtree.
"Cremations are a big part of our business," Mrs. Glave says. "Some pet owners like to have their pets cremated in order to have the ashes with them and a way of keeping their pets alive in their own minds."
Owners have the option of taking their pets' ashes or allowing Plumtree to find a nice, quiet place to sprinkle them.
One pet owner who was terminally ill had his pet, who was quite old, put down and cremated and requested the ashes of the pet be placed in his coffin.
With death comes grieving, so Plumtree offers counseling to those who have lost their pet.
"My husband and I love what we can do for the pet owner when their pet dies," Mrs. Glave says as her eyes begin to tear up, "but there isn't a day that goes by that I don't cry at the passing of another pet."
From the Sunday, November 13, 2005 printed edition of the Augusta Chronicle
Where we live
A weekly snapshot of the interesting places that make up the Augusta area
From Staff
Saturday, November 12, 2005 After years of Navy life, moving from town to town and having to leave their pets behind, John and Pam Glave decided they wanted to help owners find a place for their pets for eternity. So after John retired and they moved to Aiken County, they opened Plumtree Pet Services.
"Right now our cemetery has dogs, cats and four rats," Mrs. Glave says as she sweeps leaves from one rat's grave marker. "All four of them died within a year apart, and the owner wanted to keep them together. He purchased three grave sites and had two rats put into one grave. The cost was $500 per grave site, which came to $1,500 for all three."
Ron Cockerille/Staff
Pam Glave cleans leaves from a pet's grave at Plumtree Pet Services' pet cemetery in Windsor. Pets such as Pinky the rat (above) can be buried or cremated at the cemetery.
Click photo for optionsThe cost of a regular burial is $500 to $1,500, depending on the size of the animal. Pets can be buried in something as simple as a plastic container or as elaborate as a casket. Toys, blankets and other items can be buried with the pet at the owner's request.
Since it opened in 1995, Plumtree has been called for all kinds of animals, from kangaroos to ferrets to emus. And at Plumtree's cemetery, all pets get the same treatment. A backhoe is used to open the grave, and the grave is at least 4 feet deep. A bench sits among the trees for those who wish to visit. There is also a statue of St. Francis.
But burial isn't the only service offered by Plumtree.
"Cremations are a big part of our business," Mrs. Glave says. "Some pet owners like to have their pets cremated in order to have the ashes with them and a way of keeping their pets alive in their own minds."
Owners have the option of taking their pets' ashes or allowing Plumtree to find a nice, quiet place to sprinkle them.
One pet owner who was terminally ill had his pet, who was quite old, put down and cremated and requested the ashes of the pet be placed in his coffin.
With death comes grieving, so Plumtree offers counseling to those who have lost their pet.
"My husband and I love what we can do for the pet owner when their pet dies," Mrs. Glave says as her eyes begin to tear up, "but there isn't a day that goes by that I don't cry at the passing of another pet."
From the Sunday, November 13, 2005 printed edition of the Augusta Chronicle
11-14-2005, 08:17 AM
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Originally Posted by banzaitoyota' post='778231' date='Nov 14 2005, 08:22 AM
[url=http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/111305/met_5671668.shtml]The cost was $500 per grave site, which came to $1,500 for all three."
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