City of Fountain - Pure Colorado

The City of Fountain owns and maintains Fairview Cemetery, which has approximately 7,000 burial sites. The history of Fairview Cemetery was founded in the 1860's. It was operated by Mr. M.J. Imes and his wife, Mary. The Imes family later turned over ownership and operation of the cemetery to the City of Fountain. The Cemetery contains several monuments and many historic headstones that date to the late nineteenth century. As of 2008, over 1,400 burials had taken place. Three of the historic headstones belong to Tom Ownes, Amos and Mary T. Terrell, and Barbara Lock, wife of Mathis Lock, who were all pioneers that came to the Fountain Valley area and established the Town of Fountain.

 

Fairview Cemetery is located at 757 South Santa Fe Avenue. The hours of the cemetery are from dawn to dusk, 7 days a week. To reach the Cemetery, take I-25 to exit marker 128 and go east approximately one-quarter mile. Turn south at the traffic signal, and the Cemetery is a short distance on the west side of the road. When entering the grounds, please follow the 5 MPH speed limit to maintain safety for all those who visit the grounds.

 

You may plant bedding plants on the east side of the monuments. The bed shall not be more than 12" from the base. No trees, spreading plants or shrubbery shall be planted or grown on the spaces. No bricks, rocks, scallops or fences are permitted. Artificial flowers will be allowed only when placed in urns or other containers made of durable material, excluding glass, pottery or other such fragile materials. Artificial flowers and other decorations shall be removed during the Cemetery clean-up period, which is held annually. Posting of the Cemetery clean-up will be published in the local Fountain newspaper, at the Cemetery and on the Park Department's Yearly Activity Schedule. Any permanent tribute structure such as a bench, eternity candle, or monument, you wish to place in the Cemetery must be requested in writing to our Public Works Department, located at Fountain's City Hall at 116 South Main Street, Fountain, Colorado, which is open from the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays and weekends.

 

The City of Fountain shall not be liable for any damages or injury from mowing and trimming the lawn or other maintenance practices performed during perpetual care of grave spaces. The City is not liable for vandalism or theft of monuments, markers, memorials or decorations placed on any grave sites. Monuments or markers with vases cannot exceed three-fourths (3/4) of the width of the space(s) purchased. When an existing foundation must be removed to add a new burial, the owner will be required to pay for any expenses necessary to reset the foundation and monument on the grave site. For information on location of all designated plots or plots available, please contact the City's Park Foreman at 719-322-2068.