In the early 1800's, the Marshall Missouri community felt the need for a
dry and suitable spot in which to bury loved ones. Mr. P. H. Rea, the first
chairman of the board, Jacob VanDyke, and eleven other gentlemen
came together to create such a place in April 1885. At the suggestion of
the Honorable William H. Letcher, the name Ridge Park Cemetery was
selected and the board determined to make the cemetery a park. Ben
Grove, a noted cemetery and landscape engineer of Louisville,
Kentucky, was engaged to elegantly plat and lay out the walkways and
avenues for the general beautification of the site. The founding
gentlemen wanted a “beautiful cemetery, which shall only be surpassed
by those of larger cities in size, but not in beauty.”
Today Ridge Park Cemetery has expanded beyond that original plat and
is the final resting place for more than 11,000 individuals. With its
interesting layout, monuments, statues, fountain, and gardens, it has
indeed become the beautiful park that the founders envisioned. The
dedicated employees work year round to ensure that the cemetery
continues to be a beautiful, quiet and respectful resting place.
Ridge Park Cemetery facilitates both regular burials and cremation
burials and a special section of the cemetery has been dedicated to
infant burials. It is the goal of the cemetery to work smoothly with funeral
homes to make the interment of loved ones as easy as possible at a
time of grief and stress. The cemetery can also facilitate graveside
services or memorials for cremation burials without requiring the
services of a funeral home.
dry and suitable spot in which to bury loved ones. Mr. P. H. Rea, the first
chairman of the board, Jacob VanDyke, and eleven other gentlemen
came together to create such a place in April 1885. At the suggestion of
the Honorable William H. Letcher, the name Ridge Park Cemetery was
selected and the board determined to make the cemetery a park. Ben
Grove, a noted cemetery and landscape engineer of Louisville,
Kentucky, was engaged to elegantly plat and lay out the walkways and
avenues for the general beautification of the site. The founding
gentlemen wanted a “beautiful cemetery, which shall only be surpassed
by those of larger cities in size, but not in beauty.”
Today Ridge Park Cemetery has expanded beyond that original plat and
is the final resting place for more than 11,000 individuals. With its
interesting layout, monuments, statues, fountain, and gardens, it has
indeed become the beautiful park that the founders envisioned. The
dedicated employees work year round to ensure that the cemetery
continues to be a beautiful, quiet and respectful resting place.
Ridge Park Cemetery facilitates both regular burials and cremation
burials and a special section of the cemetery has been dedicated to
infant burials. It is the goal of the cemetery to work smoothly with funeral
homes to make the interment of loved ones as easy as possible at a
time of grief and stress. The cemetery can also facilitate graveside
services or memorials for cremation burials without requiring the
services of a funeral home.
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“A beautiful cemetery, which shall only be surpassed by those of larger
cities in size, but not in beauty.”
cities in size, but not in beauty.”
| Last Updated January 12, 2011 |
