Saratoga Cemetery Board Sets Meeting for Plot Owners

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The recently reconstituted local Board of Trustees of the historic and oldest still existing cemetery in the City of Saratoga Springs, the Southside (formerly Whitford) Cemetery, has called for an annual meeting of plot owners (or their descendants) for Oct. 8. It has been more than a decade since an annual meeting of plot owners has been called.

The Association has owned the cemetery since 1869. Inactive for several years, it was reorganized in late 2021, and a new and local Board of Trustees took over. After reestablishing the association’s tax, legal, and insurance footings, the Association launched a major tree and site cleanup and installed a new front fence and gate, designed to be similar to the historic Gideon Putnam Burial Ground. 

Following the initial cleanup, the board decided that further steps should be taken to restore the perimeter fence, repair and clean tombstones, etc. and that a meeting of plot owners be called in order to launch the next round of fund raising to accomplish future rounds of cleanup and restoration.

The meeting takes place 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 8 at VFW POST 420, 190 Excelsior Ave. Those planning to attend should notify the board secretary by mail or email and provide information regarding your plot owner family. Contact: Dione L. Ramsdill, Trustee-Secretary, P. O. Box 711 Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 Email: dlramsdill@gmail.com