Families struggle to find gravesites, owner at Kansas City, Missouri, cemetery

KSHB 41 reporter Megan Abundis covers Kansas City, Missouri, including neighborhoods in the southern part of the city. She also focuses on issues regarding scams. Share your story idea with Megan.

Families visiting Blue Ridge Lawn Memorial Gardens at 2640 Blue Ridge Boulevard say the historic cemetery has fallen into poor conditions — with overgrown weeds, buried headstones, missing plots and prepurchased plots that have already been taken — and no one can reach the owner.

Kimberly Thomas said she had to use scissors to clear overgrown weeds from her brother’s headstone during a recent visit…

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