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."

Friday, July 29, 2022

Sharing this link to the NBC4 TV story of July 28 2022 by reporter Jamie Ostroff - "Children told to pay to move parents' remains buried in wrong plots"

Sharing this heartbreaking story from NBC4 in Columbus, Ohio concerning glaring ongoing serious problems impacting lot owners at Fairview Memorial Park in Delaware County

Tim Foor - the sexton for Fairview Memorial Park, which is located in Berlin Township, Delaware County, conducted a short yet eye-opening interview with the TV channel's reporter offering a sobering account of the situation and details of other existing problems at this once For-Profit cemetery whose owners ended up in jail.  

Afterward a Receiver was put in place for awhile, however, the problem situations at the cemetery continued and now Berlin Township has ownership of this Active/Registered cemetery.