Rolling Acres Memorial Gardens: Nancy Piper

Hi! I'm Nancy Piper. I'm often asked how I ended up in the pet cemetery and crematory

business. In 1977 I had a very sick cat named Adam Blu. I thought he was going to die. I talked

about what I was going to do with his body. I figured I'd bury him in my back yard and buy a

gravestone from one of my human cemetery friends to mark his grave. I was working with

human cemeteries at the time. Adam Blu recovered. I was at a cemetery convention in Ohio in

1978. Somebody told me the pet cemetery in Kansas City was for sale. What??!!?? Pet

cemetery in Kansas City?? Where I live?? I came back home, found it, and bought it. My cat

Adam Blu was buried in my cemetery in 1984. I didn't know there were pet cemeteries, pet

crematories, pet caskets, pet urns, etc. All the services and products available for humans are

also available for pets, those wonderful members of our families.

That's how I came to own a pet cemetery and crematory. Also, I love pets, I love people, and I

love the cemetery business, so it is a perfect business for me. It's where I can help most. Now

it's a perfect business for my husband and me. In 1995, Gary Piper and I were married. His

family of one dog and two cats joined mine of two dogs and one cat, two horses and one mule.

Gary came to work at Rolling Acres Memorial Gardens that same year. I am blessed. Now we

have office cats, house cats, and barn cats along with 3 dogs, 6 horses, 8 mules and a donkey

as our family. If you have any questions or concerns, or if I can help you in anyway, e-mail me at nancypiper@visitrollingacres.com or call me at 816-891-8888. NANCY'S FAVORITE RESOURCES BOOKS The Final Farewell, Preparing for and Mourning the Loss of Your Pet By Marty Tousley, RN, and Katherine Heuerman Remember Rafferty, a book for about the death of a pet . . . for children of all ages By Joy Johnson My Personal Pet Remembrance Journal By Enid Samuel Traisman, M.S.W. A Final Act of Caring, Ending the Life of An Animal Friend By Mary and Herb Montgomery Good-by My Friend, Grieving the Loss of a Pet By Mary and Herb Montgomery