Sharing this expanded story by the Delaware Gazette about the cemetery grant program awards this year. So pleased to read about these much needed funds going to Ohio's Active cemeteries. As we know, however, sadly left out of the process are Ohio's Inactive Cemeteries which also includes family cemeteries and cemeteries that are deemed abandoned that also need routine care - and many require exceptional care due to years of gross neglect.
Exploring Almost Forgotten Gravesites in the Great State of Ohio
Dedicated to cemetery preservation in the great state of Ohio
"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."