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(KAIR)--Monument repairs are underway at Atchison’s Oak Hill Cemetery.
According to a release from the City of Atchison, donated funds for staff time and materials are being utilized for the effort. Personnel from the City’s Public Works and Utilities “have been spending several evenings resetting and repairing broken, leaning and toppled monuments at the City-owned cemetery.”
According to the release, 150 monuments, in a 2018 survey, were identified “as being the most hazardous or otherwise problematic,” with the crews now having repaired around 75 monuments.
Plans are in place to continue the repair work throughout the summer.
Last year, controversy arosee regarding the cemetery when the City moved to replace headstones, deemed to be safety threats, with metal plaques.
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