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Shortage in cemetery plots causes grave concerns

Like many cemeteries around the country, the Provo City Cemetery is quickly running out of room. And while cemetery jokes of death and dying continue to surface, the truth is there really are more and more people dying to get there.

The surge of aging baby boomers and rapid population growth in the area are two factors causing cities and their sextons concern. Jamie Cornaby, the sexton of Provo's 45-acre cemetery, says the growing need for plots pushed the city to purchase more property a few years ago. "Provo city recently acquired eight more acres to the west," he said.

According Cornaby, there are 38,000 burial plots in the cemetery with 28,200 interred. Of the 9,800 plots left, the majority of them have been pre-sold. Only 1,150 plots are left to sell. Even the cemetery's infant burial area is filled and they are using land around the Angel Garden for infants.

"We average 300 funerals a year," Cornaby said. "Last year we also sold 250 plots."

The eight acres were purchased in three parcels. Two acres on the south were purchased from the railroad. The largest parcel of four acres was purchased from the Losee family, and the third parcel of two acres was purchased from CB&I steel manufacturers.

"We've been purchasing these properties over the last five to six years," said Roger Thomas director of Parks and Recreation and whose department oversees the cemetery. "We need to maximize our limited space. We are in the very beginning phases and planning. We are currently doing geo-technical planning."

If planned well, Cornaby said the cemetery's new land acquisition will get them 12,000 new plots, or between 30 and 40 more years depending on the types of burial. Types of burials offered include traditional in-ground burial, above ground mausoleum, niches for cremation urns, underground cremation burial and infant burial. In some Utah County cemeteries, but not Provo's, they are allowing double stacking for family members as a way to conserve space.

The Provo Cemetery was established in 1853. During the settlement years Provo had three cemeteries: one on Temple Hill, where the Maeser Building at Brigham Young University sits; on Grandview Hill; and the original one at Fort Field.

People of interest from Provo's past are also buried at the cemetery, including Beebe Rockwell, wife of Orrin Porter Rockwell ; Dr. Carlyle Harmon, inventor of the disposable diaper; Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of the television and stereophonic sound; Martha Smith Harris, daughter of Hyrum and Mary Fielding Smith; Jesse Knight, at one time the richest man in Provo; U.S. Senator Reed Smoot; and author composer Ora Pate Stewart, among others.

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