The mausoleum, a significant part of our community's history, is nestled on the northwest corner near Grove Cemetery, just off Jacob Parrett Boulevard. It has always been owned by the Grove Cemetery Mausoleum Association of the town of Kenton, County of Hardin, State of Ohio. According to the Daily Democrat, the completed building was dedicated on May 29, 1919. Sometime after the dedication, the Mausoleum Association went defunct, but the mausoleum remained a testament to our shared past. The ownership of the Mausoleum was just given to the Pleasant Township Trustees through an Ohio Attorney General Brief which was sent to them by our Hardin County Prosecutor. For all these past years ownership was unknown because the Association had gone bankrupt. 

Since Pleasant Township had American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) money remaining in our accounts and this money must be expended or returned to the government. The Trustees wanted to fix the roof on the mausoleum and started to seek estimates. The companies looking at it believed the roof was past saving because the structure's foundation, walls, and supports were crumbling. There was concern that the mausoleum would fall during the winter of 2023-2024 if we received excessive snow. Money for cemetery maintenance has to come from the general fund, and the general fund for a township is usually tiny, so the Pleasant Township Trustees saw this as an opportunity to use the ARPA money to solve the problem. Pleasant Township Trustees fell short with the money available from ARPA and asked the Hardin County Commissioners to help out financially, which they agreed, using a portion of their ARPA money.

Our community, united in our commitment to preserving our heritage, has always been at the heart of our actions. We now believe there are 87 bodies within the mausoleum. In a powerful collaborative effort with the Hardin County Prosecuting Attorney, we advertised the names of the deceased several times in the Kenton Times. Families that would like to move their loved ones had a chance to contact the proper people to move them. We are deeply grateful to the one family that has come forward to move a loved one, demonstrating our collective dedication to this cause.
 
The Hardin County Engineers Office will help Grove Cemetery Staff layout the burial plots, which will be located in front of the mausoleum. Each plot will be dug as a single unit, with the coffin first going into a vault and then placed in the ground. Each person will receive a headstone placed on a footer for support.
 
Once the mausoleum is vacated, Pleasant Township will take the initiative to raze the building, paving the way for the restoration of the area into green space. This comprehensive plan will culminate in the transfer of the entire property from Pleasant Township to Grove Cemetery, ensuring its long-term preservation and maintenance.
 
Pleasant Township, in partnership with Grove Cemetery, will hold a neutral ceremony at the completion of this project. It will be a remembrance of those being intered and a time to think about our heritage and past. Pleasant Township has received help locating and collecting obituaries of those who have passed, and their names will be read aloud and a handout of their bios will be available at the public ceremony.