![](https://www.sciotopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/sciPost10-13POSTCARD-1024x576.png)
Ross County — Dave Robertson gave me an update on Floral Hills Memory Gardens, the large cemetery on US 23 South that was abandoned by its owners about a decade ago.
Robinson’s team of volunteers have been maintaining it. A court case opened the way to Huntington Township taking it over, but Robertson says there is another complication.
The case determined it was effectively a public cemetery on October 17th, and so it could be cared for by a local government.
But now, Robertson says the two trusts that still exist for the upkeep of the cemetery – which have been untouched since its owner left it – are being threatened by the bank that holds them. He says the bank’s attorney wants $54,677 in legal fees, which will bankrupt the perpetual fund and then dip into the other which is funded by burials.
![](https://www.sciotopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2024-03-16-CH-explan-433108308_739181365006087_498129260104534191_n.jpg)
To help explain and publicize the situation, Robertson says he got approval to be on the steps of the Ross County Courthouse Thursday. He says he will be there alone, 4:30 to 7pm on March 21st, to answer questions as best he can.
He says he has combed through the paperwork on the cemetery, including the documents he obtained through a records request.
Hear him in his own words in the below video. Find Robertson’s posts on the Facebook page “Clean Up Floral Hills Memorial Gardens,” with a post on his Thursday information session.
![](https://www.sciotopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/2022-07-14-293741899_2334555606720180_1160152145009981102_n-1024x768.jpg)
![](https://www.sciotopost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2023-Floral-Hills-Memory-Gardens-Ccvl-Chilli-Google-mapping.png)