Lakeview Cemetery
General Information
- Lakeview Cemetery conducts burials year-round.
- Lakeview Cemetery charges for plots and services associated with a burial, please see the 2025 Fee Schedule.
- Spring cleanup of graves is conducted on April 1st.
- Please see the cemetery office for a complete listing of rules.
- These rules are subject to change upon approval of the Penn Yan Village Board.
- Monuments are to be sourced exclusively from a monument dealer.
- The responsibility for the care and maintenance of monuments of the lot belongs to the lot owner or the heirs.
- The erection of improper monuments or effigies on any burial lot is not permitted. Advertising in any form is prohibited.
- The decision as to monuments being improper shall be determined by the Village Board of Trustees, which shall have the same removed if found to be improper.
- No fences or enclosures of any kind shall be allowed around or upon any lot or any part of it. Mounds over graves will be suffered to remain until the earth has settled and will then be removed.
- The planting of floral adornment shall be strictly under the control of the cemetery staff.
- No tree, bush or shrub shall be placed upon any portion of these grounds. Such plantings will be removed and discarded by Cemetery personnel.
- Glass containing flowers and/or adornments shall not be permitted.
- Lakeview Cemetery will allow services on the following holidays: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, President's Day, Juneteenth, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve (Regular Rate 7:00 - 11:00 a.m.; Holiday Rate begins at 11:00 a.m.).
- No burial shall be allowed on any Sunday, New Year's Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day. Should any of these days fall on Sunday, then the following day is to be observed as a holiday in accordance with usual practice.
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The first documented burial in Lakeview Cemetery
The land for Lakeview Cemetery was initially part of Abraham Wagener's original farm. Over time, Wagener's farmland was gradually incorporated into Lakeview Cemetery. The Wagener Estate Bed and Breakfast to the East of the cemetery was Wagener's original farmhouse. The Free Ground Situated in the Southeast corner of the cemetery. The first burials occurred here. Originally, the Free Ground was a part of the Wagener farm and donated for use as a cemetery by the Wagener Family. Purchase One Designed in the style of Frederick Law Olmstead. At the time, there was a concept that cemeteries should be used as parks, complete with ponds and fountains. Purchase Two Here, one can see many ornate monuments leftover from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century - an era of "conspicuous consumption." |
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Purchase Three
Situated in the center of Purchase Three is the Abraham Wagener Memorial Chapel. The chapel was built in 1924 and donated by the youngest daughter of Abraham Wagener. The chapel is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Veteran's Section
Plot Three West contains the graves of many soldiers. The plot was initially used by the Grand Army of the Republic, a Civil War Veteran's organization. The Village has continued to bury soldiers in Three West since. Unfortunately, at one point, the cemetery had problems with people removing the flags marking the graves of the two confederate soldiers buried here.
Situated in the center of Purchase Three is the Abraham Wagener Memorial Chapel. The chapel was built in 1924 and donated by the youngest daughter of Abraham Wagener. The chapel is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Veteran's Section
Plot Three West contains the graves of many soldiers. The plot was initially used by the Grand Army of the Republic, a Civil War Veteran's organization. The Village has continued to bury soldiers in Three West since. Unfortunately, at one point, the cemetery had problems with people removing the flags marking the graves of the two confederate soldiers buried here.
