DELTA TWP. — Three months after township staff cited Deepdale Memorial Gardens, a privately owned cemetery, for several maintenance code violations, an official with the company said repairs are underway.
Work started in November, said Michele Stone, vice president of corporate operations and communications for Everstory Partners, the Bensalem, Pennsylvania-based company that owns Deepdale. Grounds cleanup took place in the fall, and road patching will be completed in the spring, she said.
Township staff detailed code violations in a two-page, Nov. 1 letter to cemetery officials after the families of some of the 23,000 people buried at the 65-acre property told the State Journal that the cemetery, 4108 Old Lansing Road, hasn’t been cared for properly in years.
Family members complained about crumbling roads throughout the property, years-long delays in getting staff to address upkeep of the grounds, drainage issues and foul odors inside one of DeepDale’s two mausoleums, which date to the 1920s and 1976.