As honored stewards of Lake View Cemetery, our founders entrusted us with a grand responsibility, to ensure the eternal viability of our garden cemetery for those who rest here and those who visit.

Gifts have come from people of all walks of life. Some have loved ones buried here, others carry joyful memories of picnics by our pond, and still others enjoy their daily walks on our scenic roads.

Whether you visit Lake View Cemetery daily, annually, or only in your memories, we ask you to join our community of supporters with a gift to the Lake View Cemetery Foundation. Each gift we receive ensures Lake View Cemetery is here for our community to enjoy now and for eternity.

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The Lake View Cemetery Annual Fund

The Lake View Cemetery Annual Fund provides resources for many key programs including but not limited to:

• Horticulture: The Annual Fund helps offset the cost of planting and maintaining flowers, shrubs and over 100 species of trees within our Level-2 Arboretum.
• History: The Annual Fund helps preserve The James A. Garfield Memorial, The Wade Memorial Chapel, and the restoration of public monuments such as our September 11 and Collinwood School Fire memorials.
• Education: The Annual Fund supports educational programming for thousands of students and visitors each year, and funds research and expert guides who educate the public on the stories of those who rest here.
• Outreach: The Annual Fund benefits and enriches the community through free concerts, special events and public programs like our Memorial Day observance.
• Infrastructure: The Annual Fund assists in funding some of the cemetery’s greatest needs such as emergency improvements to water systems and roadways.

Click here to make a gift today or contact Greta Rothman, Director of Development at 216.453.0990 or send an email.