GENERAL INFORMATION:
The City of Canon City owns and operates two municipal cemeteries in Canon City. Lakeside Cemetery is located at 1008 Elm Avenue and provides customary final resting places for area residents. Greenwood Cemetery (Pioneer) is the final resting place for many of Canon City's pioneering families. Burial spaces are available at Lakeside Cemetery on a fee basis. Greenwood Cemetery is reserved for descendents or family members of those families already interred at the cemetery.

WHERE TO PURCHASE BURIAL SPACES OR LOCATE BURIALS:
Any person interested in purchasing burial spaces or is trying to locate any person buried at Lakeside or Greenwood Cemetery should call 719-269-9024 or go to the Cemetery Sales Office at 1525 South 9th Street between the hours of 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM, and 1 PM - 3:00 PM, Monday through Friday. The City maintains an extensive computer database designed to locate deceased members of the community. The entire burial space cost must be paid in advance of any burial.

TYPES OF SERVICES AVAILABLE:

• Burial space purchase
• Open and closing services
• Monument foundation installation
• Vault installation
• Location of existing burial spaces
• Location of burial sites for monument installation
• Vault testing
• General grounds maintenance

FEES, CEMETERY RULES, ETC.
Partial list of fees as of June 2006

A full set of Rules and Regulations, including fees for various services,
for the Cemetery are set forth in
Resolution No. 9 - 2006. 

General Rules:

• Lakeside and Greenwood Cemeteries are open to the public from sunrise to sunset. The cemeteries are closed after dark.

• Native grass (dry land) sections of Lakeside or Greenwood Cemeteries are not provided with irrigation water and are maintained on an as-need basis. Native areas of either cemetery are not mowed more than a few times each year or as-needed.

• Ownership may not be transferred until application is made to the Office of the City Clerk and all appropriate fees are paid to the City.

• Only licensed and insured Contractors that hold a current license with the City of Canon City may install monuments  in any City owned cemetery.

• Dogs are prohibited from any City owned cemetery.

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