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Residents and trustees discuss upkeep and responsibility for local cemeteries
Summary
During open forum, participants asked how donors can assist with upkeep at Linden/Prairie cemeteries; trustees said the township is responsible for township cemeteries if it deeds and levies for them, while church-cemetery trust funds have been depleted.
During open forum participants raised questions about the care and funding of local cemeteries, including a township cemetery along the blacktop and a former church cemetery whose trust fund reportedly was exhausted.
Speaker 1 asked who is responsible for Linden Cemetery; Speaker 4 explained there are two cemeteries in the area — one township and one church — and that the township cemetery is the township trustees’ responsibility. The church cemetery previously had a trust for care that apparently has been spent; trustees could accept deeded ownership and levy for maintenance if they chose to do so.
Board members suggested donors contact township trustees for donations and noted the county pays $4 per veteran grave for veteran burials in eligible cemeteries. Participants raised the scale of the work, noting a need for an initial cleanup of overgrowth in some sites before routine mowing is feasible.
Speakers provided local context, including approximate cemetery size (one listed as about 1.3 acres) and that historical records and a photographic record exist with the county historical society.
