Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Grand Junction, Mesa County, CO http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/mesa/cemeteries/memgardens2.txt Donated by Kathleen Haney April 2006 ***************************************************************************** Contributed for use by the USGenWeb Project (http://www.usgenweb.org) Archives and by the COGenWeb Project Archives USGenWeb Project NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet, data may be used by non-commercial researchers, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, nor for presentation in any form by any other organization or individual. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than as stated above, must obtain express written permission from the author, or the submitter and from the listed USGenWeb Project archivist. ****************************************************************************** Directions: From I-70 west (Denver), take the Clifton Exit/I-70 Business Loop to US 6 (North Avenue) Memorial Gardens will be on your right. From I-70 East (Green River) take the I-70 Business Loop. Follow I-70B through town to US 6 (North Avenue) Continue down North Avenue and you will see the Cemetery will be on your left just before turning on to I-70B. From US 50 east or west you will cross over the RR tracks and the river, which is 5th Street. You can stay on 5th Street to North Avenue. You will turn right on North Avenue (East) and follow North Avenue to the cemetery History: Memorial Gardens was constructed in about 1956. It is a privately owned cemetery located on US6 and can be seen from US 6. Most of the markers are the flat metal type. A section at the back is reserved for the traditional freestanding stones. There are four sections with a Mausoleum and two cremation walls. ****************************************************************************** Memorial Gardens Section 2 Garden of Gethsemane Sermon on the Mount Cremation rock & Flower Garden Large Single Stone: Front of Stone In Loving Memory Ross W. Russell Geneva A. Leland 1914 - 1997 1917 - 2002 Ruby Annetta Kirkhart Frank VanMarter 1955 - 1997 1922 - 2002 Shon Michael Waters 1970 - 1988 John Vialpando 1944 - 1999 Betty G. Batchelor 1938 - 2000 Marian J. Jenkins 1933 - Sidney A. Jenkins 1933 - Dulia M. Vialpando 1922 - 2002 Violet Madeline Sharitz 1921 - 2002 Back of Stone: Empty *This is a small cremation garden that has a large stone for names and ashes can be scattered in the flowerbeds.