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Show New cemetery planned for Layton City By DONETA GATHERUM LAYTON Layton, probably the largest city in Utah without a cemetery, will have one in operation opera-tion by September 1, 1988. John Lindquist Jr., representing the Lindquist and Sons full service mortuary, reported Thursday evening to the Layton City Council that negotiations have been completed com-pleted for the purchase of 24.5 acres of cemetery property from Sam Chelemas. The new cemetery will be located north of the Davis and Weber County Canal and west of Fairfield Road and Church Street. The local funeral directors are working with a cemetery planner from Los Angeles, Calif, to develop de-velop the property. The decision to build the cemetery cemet-ery and to have it ready by Sept. 1 was based partially on the results of a Weber State College survey that indicated there was a need for a cemetery in Layton and the community com-munity would support one. The next step is a door-to-door survey of all Layton residents to determine deter-mine what type of a facility the people peo-ple want. Options include a conventional con-ventional below-the-ground plan, a . system of crypts or a mausoleum or a combination of one or more plans. This survey work will begin April 1. The Ogden based Lindquist and Sons Mortuary has been in the mortuary business servicing Northern Utah for 120 years. In 1948 they opened their Clearfield Mortuary. This was followed by the Kaysville Mortuary in 1962 and the Layton Mortuary in 1984. The business has operated the Washington Heights Memorial Estates for 4 1 years and the Memorial Memo-rial Gardens of the Wasatch for 21 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Layton cemetery planned Continued from page one years. Both are at least double the size of the proposed Layton cemetery. However, Mr. Lindquist noted the 24 acres will be adequate to service the area for 150 years and there is a possibility for expansion as the need arises and as property becomes available. Mr. Lindquist also said his firm will work with people who want to trade cemetery lots in other North-' North-' erri Utah locations for lots in Layton. They will assist, if requested, re-quested, those families with relatives rela-tives buried in the small, nonfunctioning non-functioning cemetery in Hill Field Road by helping with the disinterment disinter-ment and the legal work as well as the relocation. Mr. Lindquist expressed appreciation appre-ciation for the work Mayor Richard McKenzie, Councilman Gerald Nebeker and others have contributed contri-buted to assist in putting together this cemetery proposal. ; The mayor in turn thanked the i Lindquist family and the Nalders J for their service to the community and for working with the city. The cemetery access on Fair- field Road and possibly Church Street would be convenient for both the Lindquist and the Myers Mortuaries which are on Fairfield Road. |