Clifton Cemetery Under Construction

Work to stabilize the eroding hillside at the Clifton Cemetery will begin the week of October 14, 2024.

The project aims to shore up the slipping hillside, which has slid onto the pedestrian sidewalk along Ludlow Avenue. A retaining wall will be constructed at the south end of the cemetery, replacing the existing fence. Pier foundations will then be created to provide better support for the monuments on the hillside (Sections H through R) and to help shore up the hill.

The first steps of the project will be to remove the existing bushes and then temporarily remove all the monuments from the hillside. Each monument will be palletized, wrapped, and transported to a secure location for the duration of the project, then reinstalled once the new foundations are poured.

Before the monuments are removed, JCGC will remove all stones and mementos. We will make every attempt to retain and identify personalized mementos and return them to the cemetery once the monuments are back in place. Please call our office at 513-961-0178 to retrieve personalized mementos instead of having them re-placed in the cemetery.

The cemetery will be under construction throughout the winter; work is scheduled to be completed in the spring of 2025. JCGC regrets that the peace in the cemetery will be temporarily disrupted, but we see this as necessary to prevent even worse possibilities. It will also allow grave sales to reopen in this cemetery, after being put on hold for the past few years due to the erosion.

The Clifton Cemetery Stabilization Project is made possible thanks to community support of the 2023-24 “Preserve. Honor. Sustain” capital giving campaign. This long-delayed project can finally begin only because the nearly $250,000 needed is now available from the campaign’s proceeds. This is JCGC’s largest cemetery restoration project to date.