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Thorak Regional Cemetery manager Matt Cheminant with the new crematorium

A place to reflectand rememberBy CLAYTON BENNETT

family and friends

are invited to leave

mementoes

LITCHFIELD residents will have

a chance to remember their

loved ones this Christmas

season with a tree being erected

in the Thorak Regional

Cemetery.

Located in the children’s

section of the cemetery, the

Garden of Angels, family and

friends are invited to leave

mementoes in the form of

decorative baubles and

messages.

‘‘It helps to ease the pain,’’

Thorak Regional Cemetery

manager Matthew Cheminant.

‘‘We have many requests by

the public for it.’’

This feature and more was

unveiled at the open day held

last Saturday.

The new cremator was also

on display, a welcome

replacement for the 20 year old

model previously in use at

Thorak.

Mr Cheminant estimates the

cemetery has been open for 25

years. The cemetery’s

landscaped grounds total more

than 11 hectares and include

lawn areas, denomination-

specific areas including an

Orthodox section and Muslim

and Bahai lawn cemeteries, the

aforementioned Garden of

Angels and also the Palm

Garden.

The Garden of Remembrance

also salutes military service

personnel who have passed.

A further 15 hectares of land

sits adjacent to the current area.

There are plans to provide

tranquil vistas and spaces for

contemplation on the land in

future.

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