City of Fort Lupton, Colorado


This is a Cemetery Lives are commemorated Deaths are recorded Families are reunited Memorials are made tangible and Love is undisguised This is a cemetery. Communities accord respect Families bestow reverence Historians seek information and our heritage is thereby enriched. Testimonies of devotion, pride, and reverence are carved in stone to pay warm tribute to accomplishments and to the life, not the death of a loved one The cemetery is homeland for family memorials that are a sustaining source of comfort to the living. A cemetery is a history of people A perpetual record of yesterday and a sanctuary of peace and quiet today A cemetery exists because every life is worth loving and remembering Always. - Mary Lou Branton HOURS: Sunrise to sunset no services are provided or funerals held on Sundays and holidays. There is an additional charge for Saturday morning service. PRIOR NOTICE: When making funeral arrangements, all Funeral Homes are required to contact City Hall directly at 303-857-6694 at least 48 hours prior to interment . COLUMBARIUM: The Cemetery has a Columbarium for those who choose cremation. MONUMENTS: Approved permits are required for all cemetery markers and monuments. All monuments must be set by monument companies.	HISTORY OF HILLSIDE CEMETERY Hillside Cemetery was established in 1874 as a private cemetery by the Hillside Cemetery Company, a.k.a. The Hillside Cemetery Association, Inc. The need was created when John Henderson was killed accidently in 1874 while hunting for ducks near the old Wattenberg Place. During the discussion about Henderson's accident, someone remarked that the community needed a regular cemetery and John Haynes offered to donate some land if the others would fence it. Thus, John Henderson was the first person buried in Hillside Cemetery. Prior to that time, people were buried at most any out-of-the-way spot on the homesteads. After the Cemetery was dedicated, many of the pioneers moved their deceased family members from scattered graves to the Hillside Cemetery. The first were the children of William Grant Winbourn, founder of the Town of Fort Lupton and father of its first Mayor, Thomas C. Winbourn. On the 4th of May, 1949, by the adoption of Ordinance No. 215, the Town of Fort Lupton acquired the Cemetery from Hillside Cemetery Association and has operated it as a public cemetery since. Additions to the Cemetery were made in 1892, 1920, 1950, 1972 and 2000. The Cemetery occupies approximately 8.6 acres of land with over 7,000 people buried.