Catholic cemetery receives long needed improvements

  • The new sign denoting the old Catholic church cemetery on Cleo Road may be the first permanent identification in the cemetery's 128 years. Courtesy photo.
    The new sign denoting the old Catholic church cemetery on Cleo Road may be the first permanent identification in the cemetery's 128 years. Courtesy photo.

    By Paige Wright 

    Dedicated volunteers from Menard Sacred Heart Catholic Church came together to provide some much-needed maintenance at the old Catholic cemetery last week. In addition to some needed maintenance, the location received what is thought to be the first permanent sign, possibly ever, denoting the burial grounds.

    The cemetery, located on the southwest edge of town on the Cleo Highwa…