Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum — Attraction in Dayton

We visited this cemetery when we were in Dayton on a road trip. I was amazed at how many interesting people are buried here. The Wright Brothers, Erma Bombeck, Paul Dunbar. Don’t get me started on the absolutely amazing memorials and gravestones throughout this beautiful place of rest.

The Wright Brothers: A nice wooden sign let’s you know of their burial in this section. First you have their gravestones that passerby’s have lay their coins and mini airplanes in memory of the inventors of flight. A little ways down, you will find a sweet bench with 2 hats side by side representing these amazing men, Orville and Wilbur Wright.

Erma Bombeck: A sign leads you to the humorist’s gravesite. A 15 ton rock, 6 feet long and more than 5 feet high, marks Erma Bombeck's grave site. Bombeck had loved the rock to sit and think of her stories she would write, and when she died it was shipped from Arizona to Dayton on a flatbed truck. The stone was lifted into place by two cranes, and a crater had to be dug to stabilize it. A third of the rock is below ground.

Paul Laurence Dunbar: One the first African American poets to have their works known across the country. His short 33 years of life were filled with novels, short stories and poems.

Johnny Morehouse: A boy and his dog grave. The story goes that the little boy fell into the river and the dog jumped in after him to save him. Sadly, he was too late and the little boy drowned. Legend has it that the dog lay by the gravestone for weeks while passerbys through scraps down so he wouldn't be hungry.

I hope to return to be able to have a look at more of the beauty in...

I have had my son buried there since 2007 although in the beginning the grounds was well taken care of over the years it has declined tremendously. I was told because he had a flat stone we could not put anything hazardous on there understoo. We purchased to have a vase installed, for the past 2 years we have been dealing with poor upkeep as well as continuous damage to his vase as they claim to be normal wear and tear,which I believe is not the case but poor groundkeepers and negligence. I have made many complaints have took pictures of the damage.I went on Memorial Day and the liner that was in the ground to hold the vase was gone I called I was told it was to believe to be an incident of theft which I do not believe. Was never called and told it had been taken care of went to check progress and I found a damaged vase pins were missing ,chain broke off the vase, and huge chips in the base of the vase again I was told they will not replace it due to normal wear and tear. The lady that handles the complaints is rude,cold,uncaring if I'm ever asked by anyone would I recommend this place as a place of burial for a loved one that would be NO...

This review reflects my Family Service Representative (FSR), Christopher.

This place is beautiful and serene; however, the customer service I received was subpar. I live out of state and I explained that I want to get things taken care of expeditiously. My FSR would promise he would call, text or email and he failed to do those things. I was the one constantly contacting him to get things moving along, and he always had an excuse that was unacceptable (e.g., forgot to hit the send button for an email). This was stressful and disheartening as I was dealing with the loss of my loved one...I am the grieving one. Where was the compassion, empathy, care, customer service? I don't understand why I had to contact my FSR on multiple occasions to do his job. I am so disappointed in this process that I reached out to the manager in hopes that I can complete the last task of ordering a marker for my loved one. I spoke with the manager today and she seems nice. I believe we can get things wrapped up in the next couple of weeks or less.

*I've been waiting about a month and a half to hear from Christopher regarding my loved...