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Volunteer group urges Wichita to clarify cemetery trust fund and increase maintenance at Highland Cemetery
Summary
Friends of the Wichita Pioneers asked the Wichita City Council for equipment access, a municipal cemetery preservation advisory committee and an explanation of the cemetery trust fund after vandalism at Highland Cemetery; the city manager said staff will prepare a report.
Barb Myers, speaking for Friends of the Wichita Pioneers, told the Wichita City Council on June 3 that Highland Cemetery — founded in 1870 and on the northwest corner of Ninth and Hillside — is one of the city’s oldest historic sites and has “over 17,000” burials including early civic leaders.
Myers said volunteers from Friends of the Wichita Pioneers and other groups have repaired hundreds of markers, led tours and are preparing a nomination for the…
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