Update on Grand View Cemetery

The remodeling is still going on and the cemetery will be opened on Sunday before Memorial Day and Monday Memorial Day from 12 - 4pm.

Equipment truck in front of the chapel.

They had plan on digging out the grass and reseeding but the winter rains made it impossiable to do so they dugged the trenches as they went.

The trees were all trimed and some were removed and the ones that had been cut down before and a stump left, they grounded those down.


Another shot of the cemetery grounds.



Looking from Section M.

A hawk visited the cemetery and I was able to get this one shot before he flew away.


The trees trimed and all the shrubbry cleared and removed along the wall in Section A.

Grand View Cemetery Update

Construction and Landscaping To Begin at Grand View Memorial Park

Notice of Temporary Closure of Grand View Memorial Park for Construction and Landscaping

Last Public visitation will be December 5, 2010 (12-4pm)

The cemetery will be closed for public visitation for approximately four months, depending on weather and any other unforeseeable conditions, after Sunday, December 5, 2010.

All personal items placed at or around grave sites by family members should be removed by family members, including incense containers, flower vases, etc. All items left at grave sites will be removed during construction and will not be returned.

Grand View will not be responsible for any personal items left at grave sites after December 5, 2010.

Grand View Cemetery Update

Many Burbank High Alumni are buried in this cemetery and also many alumni have loved ones in this cemetery and are in the Class-Action Lawsuit. Here is new information.

CURRENT COURT ORDERED VISITATION DATES

On January 19, 2010, Judge Mohr ordered that Grand View be opened on the following 2010 dates:

February 7 and 21, March 7 and 21, April 2 (Good Friday), 4 (Easter), 24 (Armenian Genocide), May 9 (Mother’s Day) and 23, June 6 and 20 (Father’s day); all openings will be from 12 noon to 4 p.m.

PLEASE NOTE: Although the class action has settled, Judge Mohr will retain jurisdiction pending completion of all the terms of the settlement including the restoration process. As such, openings may be controlled by the Court for an indefinite time.

Thank you, Paul Ayers, for this information!

Station Fire From Grand View Cemtery

Sunday I volunteered at Grand View Cemetery in Glendale, California. It was 100 degrees and a warm breeze with smoke from the Station Fire. Here two volunteers Lisa Burks and Susan try and stay cool. Lisa is the one fanning herself.

Grand View Volunteers Lisa, Susan and Fran.

View of the Station Fire from Grand View Cemetery.

Another view of the fire.

Here is a view of the smoke almost blocking the large painted "H" on the hill, which is for Hoover High School.

Another view.

There sure was a lot of smoke!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009 GRAND VIEW CEMETERY

Well, what a diffrence a week makes as Christmas Day I was freezing in the rain volunteering at Grand View and yesterday New Years Day it was sunny and shorts and tee shirt weather and today cloudy, overcast and foggy. While everyone was enjoying the Rose Parade and football game, I was at Grand View Cemetery in Glendale triming bushes and doing grave looksups for people. I was also interviewed by the Glendale News Press http//www.glendalenewspress.com/articles/2009/01/02/news/gnp-grandview02.txt. Anyhow hope everyone had a great New Year's and that 2009 is a better year for everyone.

Christmas Day at Grand View Cemetery

Yours truly spent Christmas Day at Grand View Cemetery as a volunteer as the troubled cemetery had a limited visitation from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Despite the rain and cold temperatures we had a lot of people show up which made it worthwhile. It was the first time in 3 years that the troubled cemetery was opened on Christmas Day. There were three volunteers who gave up their Christmas so that families who had loved ones buried at Grand View could visit their loved one graves for Christmas.