A Columbarium is a vault housing niches for urns containing the ashes of the deceased. Our Columbarium was commissioned in 1987 as a result of the leadership of Father Ken Roush, Lois Nansen, Pat Brower, Kathy Fitzpatrick and Dick Born. The purpose was to provide a service and a choice of burial methods for the people of the Church of Our Saviour. Concern was expressed that the Columbarium be in good taste and done properly within the Guidelines of the Church. Robert Brauchli, member of the Church Our Saviour and an attorney, prepared the legal papers that included setting up a separate corporation for administering the operations of the Columbarium. Money was raised and an all volunteer crew, led by Steve Barrett and Dick Born, constructed the vault behind the sanctuary.
The original vault was designed to hold 168 niches of which 48 have been installed to date. Thirty-seven niches have been sold leaving only eleven until the next bank will be added. The current cost of a niche is $400. We anticipate that the cost per niche when additional banks are installed will increase. Niches are reserved for the use of members of the Church of Our Saviour and their immediate families.
NOTE: To contact Vicki Howell quickly, please call the church office before noon at 928-537-7830 for contact information.
Also the church office email is: cos5147office@frontiernet.net
