Mountain View Cemetery — Local services in Centralia

I visited my grandparents grave-sites and it was sad to see the poor condition of the cementery. I use to frequent the cementery in my youth roughly 10-15 years ago as I had family that lived adjacent to it. 15 years ago the grounds were watered, the trees were maintained, and the grass was watered on a regular basis. Fast-forward to now, 2018, simply driving through this once nice cementery was a challenge as many low hanging branches hit the top of my car, many trees were dead, the grounds were in terrible shape, completely inexcusable. I even saw what looked like a yellow abandon truck parked on the side of the cementery grounds that looked to be parked on cementery property. So...

Would give less stars if I could. Place hasn't been mowed in months and I stopped by yesterday to pay respects and the gate was closed all day. When I was there last month, there was a car at the caretakers garage and the lawn mower was sitting in the drive area but no work being done even though I was there for 4 hours(US GenWeb Project). This place is disgraceful and the city needs to be ashamed that the place our families and city founders are laid to rest is in this condition. I have often thought about taking a mower out there and do it...

Under new ownership. Yes, it is privately owned. The former owner was unable to provide the upkeep needed; the new owners are working hard to get things back in good repair. Please consider donating time and or $$ to help this happen. There's usually someone with information there every day. Stop in & visit, most of the residents...