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Show Fiesta Days 2009 8 Pioneer cemetery to be dedicated Lindsay B. Wolsey STAFF WRITER A project long in the works will reach a milestone with the dedication of the historic Pioneer Heritage Cemetery, Tuesday, July 21 at 7 p.m. as part of the Fiesta Days celebration. The cemetery is located at 1820 South and 1700 East, Spanish Fork. The local Daughters of the Utah Pioneers have been involved with projects for Spanish Fork's pioneer cemetery for many years. In 1941 they dedicated a monument listing the names of those they believed to be buried in the cemetery. Unfortunately, due to poorly kept records during 1800s, the list of names of all those interred in the cemetery was not complete at that time. For the past four years, restoring the cemetery and making an accurate list of those buried there has been a priority of the DUP. Telia Montague was the president of the Utah South Center Company, which consists of 18 Camps, from 2007-2009. This presidency's charge as part of the cemetery restoration was to raise money for the statue. This has been accomplished through a quilt raffle (donated by Emma Dell Larson), an old-fashioned bazaar in the park, the publishing of a cookbook with DUP members'recipes, donations from the community and business organizations, and a multitude of private citizen donations. A tentative plan for the monument and park was sketched in May of 2006. After more graves were found under the monument and outside of the fencing for the original cemetery in 2008, plans had to be redrawn. Janene Baadsgard started a project searching for the names of those who were buried in the cemetery. Jacob Harding took on the project as part of his Eagle Scout project. Another DUP member, Pat Sagers, has spent the past See CEMETERY • 9 Namon Bills / Spanish Fork News RESTORATION: Many members of the community have worked to beautify and restore Spanish Fork's historic pioneer cemetery. DDS. PC ORTHODONTIC SPECIALIST Free Initial Consultation Insurance Accepted 801.798.1994 drbarrowes.com |