A roadway winds through the Danish section of the cemetery. By shutting down this area, cemetery operators hope to accommodate an extra 300 graves. In total, they want to close 5 small roads to make room for nearly 1,000 new graves. But California law requires a judge to approve changes at older cemeteries like Mountain View.
Enrique Reade is a funeral consultant who says a lot of people want to be buried at Fresno's oldest cemetery. He called Mountain View affordable, but there's an age old expectation. Read said, "They want to make sure where they are going to be is going to be taken care of. But we go back to the same thing ... money."
The management declined an on-camera interview. Until a judge hands down a decision, the future of this cemetery remains unclear. Late Friday afternoon, an attorney representing the cemetery said the property is not going to close, and they're only being proactive to build up the property's finances.
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