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Local resident urges improvements to cemetery signage and maps at Lassen County meeting
Summary
A longtime county resident told supervisors that Diamond Crest Cemetery signage is water‑damaged and sections lack markers, and offered volunteer support and examples of better maps used in nearby towns.
During public comment, resident Jerry Afke told the board he volunteers with the Find a Grave project and has documented local cemetery conditions. Afke said Diamond Crest Cemetery in Johnsonville is still used (a local funeral director estimated roughly 25 burials a year there) but that signage is water‑damaged and section markers are missing, making it difficult for relatives to find gravesites.
Afke said he also has family buried at Sunset Hill Cemetery in Corning and praised that site's waterproof map display and section markers as a model. He told supervisors he has sent photographs to two supervisors and offered to volunteer time and ideas to improve signage, maps and section labeling at Lassen County cemeteries.
Supervisors thanked Afke for the information; no formal action was taken at the meeting, and the item was recorded as public comment.
