European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 19. 1986 the stars and stripes Page 17 Barbara thorns shows varied pet caskets at the Pines pet cemetery. Polly manner Parmalee is the manager of the . Pet cemetery in Weil Rush n. Y.  Lawton says. Another indication of society s changing altitudes regarding pet death is the introduction last year of two Pel loss sympathy cards by hallmark cards inc. So Lar the cards Are Selling As Well As the ones or loss of son or  says Rachel Bolton. A spokeswoman Lor the Kansas cily.  company. I think the Public thinks pet cemeteries Are or the Rich and that certainly in t True says Lawton. But Tom Nawton is president of the International pet cemetery associate. Generally when you hear about pet burials it s usually some oddball or eccentric  that s not the Case Lor the most part although pet cemetery owners have been known to Tell a Story or two. We have three people buried in our  Lawton says. He says the people wanted to be with their Pels so they had their cremated remains buried in his cemetery. They said Why should i be buried next to someone i Don t know i d rather be next to my dog " Lawton says. He says the average pet burial with a Tombstone and casket costs about $250. Or about 10 percent of what it would Cost to Bury a human. Dick Bernier of Milwaukee wis. Recalls the time an exotic dancer wanted her 20-year-old Python part pet part prop cremated. He says he also creates a lot of pet groundhogs and White rats. Pat Blosser cremated her first Turtle this year and Carolyn Kinsey of Tampa fla., says Shell never forget the elaborate funeral one Man had for his Hamster. He said it was his Only Friend Kinsey says. At Rush inter pet cemetery where the association held its recent meeting a pet owner can get a Satin or crepe lined casket made o Redwood or plastic with pillows fringe or both. Granite tombstones some etched and others ingrained with a color illustration of a favorite photograph Are available As Are Ceramic and Metal urns for the cremated remains of a pet. The mourning pet owner can pick a plot in the Garden of Amity or the Garden of Devotion near the Honey Locust Trees or evergreens and arrange a viewing before the burial or cremation. People Pel them and hug them and hold them and kiss them. Sometimes you just can t keep irom  says Polly Hanna Parmelee. The 25-year-old cemetery manager. They always say he looks just like he s sleeping. How did you know that s How he slept " among the 400 pets buried in this cemetery located about 20 Miles South of Rochester is Thor the great Dane whose owner has been making the 40-Nnnute drive to the cemetery three times a week. She s not the exception either. There s a cemetery near Buffalo where a lady s been going just about every Day for 10, years Parmelee says pulling up some overgrown grass at the memorial plaque for Smokey d. Bird a parakeet. Parmelee envisions the Day when 30.000 animals Are buried on the sloping 15 acres and her 2-Monlh-old son has taken Over the in relating duties ust As she took Over Iho Job from hoi parents who opened the cemetery seven years ago