WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)KOLOB MOUNTAIN CEMETERYKolob Mountain, Utah |
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LOCATIONKolob Mountain, Utah (22 miles north of Virgin on the Kolob Reservoir Road)37° 24' 27.24" North Latitude, 113° 2' 6.04" West Longitude 37.4076° North Latitude, 113.0350° West Longitude Elevation: 7,944 feet (2,421 meters) HISTORYIn the early 1970s, Orvil Wright of Hurricane donated about 6-7 acres of property on Kolob Mountain to be used for a community center, church, and cemetery.The community center was built in 1973-1974 and the adjacent cemetery was started in 2006. The cemetery (and community center) are run by the Kolob Mountain Community Center Association, a non-profit corporation. The cemetery has 640 plots which sell for $500.00 each. At last report, 60 plots had been sold and there were 2 interments. Clark & Lorene Fuller are Sextons. For information or to buy a plot, contact: Susan Kell 1298 North 1240 West St. George, Utah (435)673-9221 PHOTOSTBDGRAVESJerry Breck Glazier (born 1/23/1961, died 12/7/2005)David L. Limbacher (born 1/8/1929, died 5/6/2009) REFERENCESFind-A-Grave entry for the Kolob Mountain Cemetery |
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