Section 208 - January,
2002
Date: September 20, 2000
name: Terry M. Callen
Email: TCall2000@aol.com
Cemetery: Mount Moriah Cemetery
Street: 62nd Street & Kingsessing Avenue
City: Philadelphia
County: Philadelphia
State: PA
Nation: USA
Zip: 19142
Nearby:
Land Type: Private
Status: Inactive
Accessible: Yes
Unmarked graves: Yes
Graves within:
Oldest grave:
Newest grave:
Records: Unsure
Inventory: Unsure
Records location:
Owner: Lydia M. Jones, Director
Current Condition: Cemetery neglected
Overgrown-trees
Overgrown-ground cover
Overgrown-vines
Broken Headstones
Buried Headstones
Fallen Headstones
Other problems: Sunken graves people can fall into.
Previous contacts: Friends of Mount Moriah, a group of people
who family buried there. They can't do anything with the
management's help, though.
Current Status: No work started as of yet
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name: Terry M. Callen
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Update (15 Feb, 2001):The Friends of Mount Moriah took a
tour of the cemetery on January 26, 2002 and found it in
deplorable condition.
Missing and toppled stones, graffiti on stones. Mausoleums
and vaults that have had to be sealed up with concrete and/or
bricks because of vandalism. Junk and garbage dumped in parts of
the cemetery. Some sections of the cemetery have weeds so high
that there is no hope of ever locating a grave.
Trash everywhere, even in the manicured, well-kept
sections (the front ones which can be seen from the streets).
I even saw the burned out hulk of a car that had been
torched, right in the middle of one of the roads.
Section 208 where my paternal grandfather was laid to rest back in
1931 is in the back of this cemetery and is in pitiful condition
(see photo, e-mailed 2/14). The staff at this cemetery
are terribly uncooperative and rude. Their response to every
question and complaint is to claim that alot "doesn't have a
care plan". Then they demand money.
Nothing has been done since my initial September 2000
report about this cemetery, which opened in 1855 and was once THE
place to be interred.
Update (14 Aug, 2002):
Condition is so bad that access to my
family's grave is difficult. Trash & old furniture has been dumped
there. Roads are unpaved & are difficult to drive on. Complaints
have gone unheard. Wall & fence surrounding cemetery are in
shambles. Vandalism is present throughout the cemetery. Empty vaults are
piled on top graves. Workers sit on stones eating, drinking &
smoking.
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name: Mary Facenda
Email: H_arlean-37@webtv.net
Additional Information can be found at:
Friends
of Mount Moriah - A volunteer organization to
preserve the heritage and dignity of the Mount Moriah Cemetery, West
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They also maintain a page at http://www.egroups.com/group/mountmoriah
