Exploring Almost Forgotten Gravesites in the Great State of Ohio

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"A cemetery may be considered as abandoned when all or practically all of the bodies have been Removed therefrom and no bodies have been buried therein for a great many years, and the cemetery has been so long neglected as entirely to lose its identity as such, and is no longer known, recognized and respected by the public as a cemetery. 1953 OAG 2978."

Monday, February 19, 2018

Grandview Memorial Park in Ravenna Township, Ohio will be Owned by Township Trustees

"Ravenna Township takes over troubled cemetery"POSTED 4:29 PM, FEBRUARY 19, 2018, BY MAIA BELAY


Sharing from Fox 8 News in Cleveland.

"RAVENNA TOWNSHIP - A Portage County township is now in the cemetery business after the former owners of Grand View Memorial Park cemetery were sentenced to years in prison on a slew of charges for cheating customers."


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