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COLUMBUS – The Ohio Department of Commerce’s Division of Real Estate and Professional Licensing (REPL) has awarded $104,000 in grants to 45 Ohio cemeteries in 32 counties through the Fiscal Year 2025 Cemetery Grant Fund.

The Division currently registers more than 4,100 cemeteries throughout the state.

Included in the list is Jenkins Chapel Cemetery AKA Pleasant View Cemetery in Champaign County.

“This is the sixth year the Division has awarded grant funds to assist registered nonprofit cemeteries in completing critical projects that may otherwise never be addressed due to lack of funding,” said REPL Superintendent Daphne Hawk. “We are honored to provide these important funds to help Ohio’s beautiful cemeteries improve record-keeping, restore monuments, repair fencing, improve signage and enhance visitor safety, all of which helps preserve a piece of our state’s history.”

Info from state of Ohio