In the summer of 2003, Cuyahoga Common Pleas Judge Nancy A. Fuerst brokered a settlement between the Cities of Cleveland, Cleveland Heights and East Cleveland, which led to the formation of the East Cleveland Township Cemetery Foundation, headed by Bill Garrison, who is also President of Lake View Cemetery, which straddles the same three municipalities associated with East Cleveland Township Cemetery. The settlement divides responsibility for maintaining the cemetery among the three cities. The Foundation was charged with making reasonable efforts to secure $1 million in grants, public donations and other support within five years from the date of the Agreement.  

Mission Statement

The mission of the East Cleveland Township Cemetery Foundation is to own and maintain the East Cleveland Township Cemetery as a historic landmark, to restore, preserve and share the cemetery’s pioneer Victorian heritage and to build a solid financial foundation for the cemetery’s future.

Vision Statement

As one of the first charitable foundations in the United States, and perhaps the only, to own an abandoned historic pioneer cemetery and to relieve the previous public owners of their need to use public resources critically needed for the general welfare of its people, the East Cleveland Township Cemetery Foundation will strive to set an exemplary example of community leadership and responsibility to turn a community blight into a community light.

                            Trustees/Officers

                                              Allen H. Ford, Chairman

                                             Bracy E. Lewis,  President  

                                     Nancy L. (West) Adams, Vice President & Secretary

                                      William L. Garrison, Vice President & Treasurer

                                             Nancy S. Callahan, Trustee

                                           William J. Culbertson, Trustee               

                                            Murray M. Davidson, Trustee

                                               Roy G. Harley, Trustee   

                                           Kathleen H. Lambacher, Trustee  

                                             David Onderdonk, Trustee 

                                              J. Wayne Rhine, Trustee 

                                               Marlin Wiley, Trustee      

To view a video on the restoration of the cemetery please follow this link:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCaGCtS3cHA                      

If you would like to assist the Foundation in the revitalization, renovation and future care of this historic pioneer cemetery, please follow this link for the Pledge Form to forward your fully tax deductible donation via regular mail or you can make an on-line secure donation through PayPal above or below. With either donation method you will receive a receipt for your fully tax deductible contribution.  Thank you!

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The East Cleveland Township Cemetery Foundation can be reached via regular mail at:  East Cleveland Township Cemetery Foundation, P.O. Box 1874, Cleveland, OH  44106-0074 or you can call 216.536.7432.

Last Updated: July 29, 2010

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