Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg, Florida (known as St. Pete to its 250,000+ residents) is the fifth largest city in Florida and is located on the Gulf Coast. There are over a dozen funeral homes in St. Petersburg to serve the community’s needs.

Funeral homes in St. Petersburg arrange funerals according to the wishes of residents and reflecting a diversity of cultural heritages and religious faiths that are a part of St Petersburg life.

In terms of burial sites, St. Petersburg is served primarily by the Memorial Park Cemetery and Sunnyside Cemetery near the city center, as well as others such as Woodlawn Memory Gardens and Bay Pines National Cemetery slightly further out.

Local records offices must be informed of the death within five days of the person passing away, as well as before they are buried or cremated. They must also be embalmed or refrigerated after the first twenty-four hours past death. Further, St. Petersburg’s laws forbid burials on property that is not an authorized cemetery, so be sure to check that your chosen location meets the proper criteria before making any concrete plans regarding your loved one’s resting place.

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