Layton Hill Cemetery
formerly known as
Lake View Memorial Gardens
2635 North 400 West
Layton, Utah 84041
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Photo above taken when the cemetery was known as
Lake View Memorial Gardens.
Directions:
On I-15, take the Antelope Drive Exit. Turn east to 400 West (Hill Field Road).
Go north on Hill Field Road to Cemetery.
| Owner | Josh Rasmussen (801) 731-6892 |
| Acreage | approximately 3.7 acres |
| Year Established | 1959 |
| Cemetery Age | 40 Years |
| First Burial | 1962 |
| Last Burial | 1987 |
| Number of Burial Spaces | approximately 1,000 |
| Number of Burials to Date | approximately 70 |
Consolidated Industries of Englewood, Colorado were the original developers on Lake View Memorial Gardens. Fifty acres were purchased and plans were made for a 5-phase project with rose gardens, statues, an administration building and a chapel that could be available for funerals. Over time, most of the land has been sold off. Some of that property now is now the home of a mobile home park, residential developments, and commercial sites.
In 1976, Bern Case, Chairman of the Board of Directors for Twilight Enterprises Incorporated, purchased the cemetery from Consolidated Industries. Ron Haycock served as the Public Relations Director for the cemetery, and it appears he acquired the property in 1978. After having financial difficulties, the property went into foreclosure.
In December of 1979, the cemetery was purchased by the Ogden Clinic. Because there were no funds from an endowment fund, and no space to expand, the cemetery had a hard time breaking even. It went into bankruptcy in 1983.
Micro Farms, of Salt Lake City, was the next owner of Lake View Memorial Gardens. They, also, had plans for revitalization and expansion, but found that it was not financially possible.
In 1987, Jenny Dudley became the owner of the cemetery, through a "debt release." Ms. Dudley has Christian Ministry which feeds the poor and homeless in Salt Lake City. She doesn't consider herself to be in the cemetery business. Because there are were no funds for perpetual care, the City of Layton and volunteer groups have occasionally done maintenance work. Some families have had their relatives disinterred and moved to other cemeteries.
About 2001, the cemetery was purchased by Josh Rasmussen. He says there are about 26 graves there, though he was given no records of when is interred there or where. He has plans to reopen the cemetery in the fall of 2006.
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