Sarasota Memorial Park Cemetery is attempting to clean up the maintenance area, cut some shrubs back by Constitution, which virtually hasn't been done before 2015; there has been no clean up. A garbage bucket was requested for the area north of the older mausoleum by two people in 2015 because it had been formerly removed. It is now 2020 and there is no garbage bucket. The roof of the older mausoleum is in disrepair. There has only been patchwork done, which oftentimes re-leaks and stains. The water doesn't actually leak off the top of the flat roof. Rather it oozes between the flashing. There are innumerable places where the roof is leaking throughout the older mausoleum area onto the marble, resulting in stains. The rumble is that the owner's father-in-law has been approving the condition of the roof. In the photos below, notice how the water doesn't come off the top of the roof. See pictures 1 and 2. Attempts have been made to figure out what happened on the south side of the older mausoleum in spring 2017. When I walked in one day, the wind was blowing out of the south, and it smelled like 30 dead bodies/death odors. An unknown brown-ish red liquid (possibly blood) dripped down the side of the crypt front and pooled on the floor. In 2019/2020, attempts were made to remove the last of the stains. See pictures 3-6. In May 2017, the crypts near the top were then opened up by a maintenance worker, and acid was poured downward into the lower crypts, where the acid accumulated on the marble flooring and was left for days. When the marble fronts were put back on, much of the lettering was disturbed and has not been fixed, with some of the names missing letters. The state came after the acid was poured, and one of the representatives indicated the brown-ish red liquid could be blood. The liquid could have been caused by the explosion of a body entombed in the crypt. The acid that was poured in the crypts could have destroyed any such bodies and therefore the evidence. See pictures 7-9. Across from section 17 in the old mausoleum, the fronts of 3 crypts were removed in February 2017 due to leakage and stains. The fronts were dropped on the floor and broken into pieces, and the pieces were left on the floor for almost a month. One of the open crypts had some sort of covering, because there was someone entombed in it, and the other two were left wide open. After several months, new pieces of marble were finally installed to close the crypts. The name of the person, Roselius, was never replaced on his crypt. The issue that caused the leakage and stains must not have ever been fixed or fixed properly, because the crypt fronts are once again stained, and they continue to be stained now in 2020. See pictures 10-16. There is also a rat/pest issue in the mausoleum. There are still droppings on the marble floors today, and this issue dates back to at least December 2017, when I found a dead rat. A representative for the Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services, MARY SCHWANTES, said "Oh, those are bat feces," and I told her no, those are rat feces and showed her the picture of the dead rat. See pictures 17-19. In April 2017, a former maintenance man left a drain uncovered near a mausoleum where anyone could have fallen into it. He was fired because of this. See picture 20. Someone dug along the top of my parents' mausoleum front on December 31, 2016, and the marble front has never been replaced. Loose lettering was glued in a sloppy manner and still moves around. This was soon after Christmas decorations I'd put up were thrown on the side of the road near Constitution. There is also chipping across the top of my parents' marble front cover. I left a note at the office but not a word was uttered about this incident. Someone must have been trying to dig into the marble to open it and gain access to the casket. See pictures 21-22. There have been horrible wasps nest, and the one in picture 23 is the worst. I walked by it for months before it was removed. The old mausoleum roof is in terrible condition. You can see the damage in pictures 24 and 25. If you look closely at picture 24, the section of roof in the upper right corner also shows the damage from the acid that was poured into the crypts in May 2017. There are also multiple crypt fronts that are missing letters and numbers in the name, birth dates, and death dates of the people interred in the mausoleums. See picture 26 for one example of many. Sadly, this place of rest behind the newer mausoleum has had no marble front for years. The poor friend or relative of the person interred there comes every holiday and leaves one red rose. Word is, the marble front has been sitting in the office. See pictures 27-28. Cement posts have been left near the front of the maintenance area for years, and they've recently been moved so they're lying out back, as though they're trying to hide them. See picture 29. read more

William Harris Gravesite disturbed in 2017 - headstone moved and was left this way for quite some time. What was the HEAD maintenance man doing? (Pics to confirm) Entry crypt on the left of the park was built in 2020, it is the maintenance workers' prime endeavor. I was informed by a man that the deal to buy the crypt was less money to purchase if he paid cash. Who orchestrated this deal? Where did this money go? Possibly C. Work while he was in bankruptcy? Hmm... In late 2020 I took pictures of some OLDER gravesites/gravestones and 7-10 days later it disappeared - I searched and searched and never found it. There is a lot # and an obituary of when this person was buried. (Pics to confirm) I have watched areas where a new sandy area for a body was "butted" up to an old headstone - (pic to confirm) The old mausoleum roof is stagnant with replacement and the marble floor is STILL filthy with cracks everywhere. A person was placed in an incorrect grave. This was a deal to obtain $$ and what a mess that one turned out to be. Read Angela Russel's statement about this one! Sarasota Memorial Park Unfortunately, the new owner of the cemetery has fixed the office building before any detailed repairs for all discrepancies in the park. Sue Norris' Dad's upright grave marker STILL remains cracked on the front. Across from my mother and dad, the area is never cleaned. There is an extremely leaky area on the top mausoleum that has left stains on at least 15 mausoleum fronts. Rosilius' front was replaced in 2017 because of that leak and within a year and a half it was leaking again - thus 15-20 mausoleum fronts are now stained. His name was never returned after they took his old mausoleum front off. My mother and dad's mausoleum front STILL has digging chips all along the top - never replaced. M Schwantes from the Division of Funeral & Cemeteries commented to me the lettering on their mausoleum front was INCORRECT - 0 has been replaced. Unfortunately, this cemetery violates many statutes, and get by with it. There has to be a BACKFLOW problem. One drain is covered with dirt debris, acorns, leaves, and sticks. There is flooding in surrounding areas when it heavy rains. The new owner of the park has added new dark grey mausoleum fronts and all the others are white/beige color - looks like a patchwork quilt Back to the Division of Funeral & Cemetery. There was an avid pool of "goo" which lingered well over 2 years on the south end of the old mausoleum marble floor. The Division saw all of this. There were 4 of us in 2019 and as far as I know no one knows exactly what the dried blood spot was. One man from the division commented "it might be blood" when we questioned. We were the group who told the division about the entire mess - no answer was the stern reply. A military man's grave crypt is out of the earth and I have watched the years go by with no one fixing the area - I often leave a flower there. Vets need to contact the military about how one of their brothers has been treated for several years at Sarasota Memorial Park Cemetery. I have avid pics of the gravesite if needed. OK, just a word for the new people running the place. I hope you all are comfortable in your half-fixed office space as you took priority to do that first instead of tending to the much-needed repairs all over the park. Unfortunately, our loved ones are still neglected as far as repairs, lettering, stains, broken mausoleum fronts that haven't been replaced, and the cracked filthy marble flooring. There's always KARMA! - P.B. Sarasota People, review the Cemetery Care Act by Stimmel and Roser. Sarasota Memorial Park, now Heritage, has ignored the basic laws pertaining to cemetery repairs. Folks, please look at Stimmel laws. Start asking for the annual report with respect to care funds. This report shows the income to and disbursements from the fund! We all know who probably inspects this book, looks the other way - so sad and corrupt. So many issues are not corrected properly. Most of all left in LIMBO!! -P.B. (Pictures are included to under the photos tab) read more

WHERE ART THOU DANIEL GIVENS?? Nothing ceases to amaze me at Sarasota Memorial Park Cemetery. I was lured to a huge disturbed area near the D.G. gravesite. Several pictures were taken of his gravesite on January 1st, 2020 Approximately 7 to 10 days later this gravesite went "UP IN SMOKE". To add fuel to the fire, he was a war veteran. Another vet who had been mishandled! I searched and walked and walked and searched multiple times. The scenario - GONE LIKE THE WIND What happened to you D.G.? I'm still working for you on another horror story at Sarasota Memorial Park Cemetery property. According to the 2019 Florida Statutes, it states the following. (a) After receiving a written authorization from a legally authorized person as defined in s. 497.005(43); or (b) After public notice is posted as required in this paragraph, if a legally authorized person cannot be located after conducting a reasonable search or after 75 years or more have elapsed since the date of entombment, interment, or inurnment the public notice must be published once a week for 4 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the cemetery is located. In closing, the occurrence of this gravesite disappearing happened while the owner of the park, Clifford Work, was in bankruptcy court. While the head owner was in bankruptcy, the maintenance man took it upon himself to remove this gravesite. Probably the maintenance man never notified the public about desecrating the grave. Where is Daniel's headstone? In my paperwork, I have the space and lot number on his gravesite in hand. Daniel Givens was in the W.W.I. and W.W.II. and he was Pearl Harbor survivor. 4/25/2022 - P.B. read more

the person who told me many details was an employee of sarasota memorial park cemetery. he saw the nasties firsthand. people who work at the cemetery and the people over the cemetery need to stop trying to cover up all the atrocities! none of you can cover up the truth! this is no surprise as they do not want people to see the true conditions and problems surely people involved with the park are avidly trying to do a royal cover-up!! the pictures speak a lot louder than words and no one can deny them shame shame shame for treating military vets the way you have at sarasota memorial park cemetery (pic included) in the photos included you can see leakage from the miami buildings that collapsed last year are very similar to leaking ooze here at the park. notice all of the dates in the photos so you can get an idea of how long these have been neglected. you can also see the marble pieces on the floor that weren't cleaned up for months. the stains in 2017 and how they have just gotten worst over the years. stains that were attempted to be cleaned but not successful. the fronts and names not being replaced. the blood-looking ooze that stained all the fronts and the flooring. the grey fronts that makes the area look like a patchwork quilt. read more

this paper was found amongst cemetery papers belonging to someone buried in the park needless to say there is no working irrigation system whatsoever but there are many sandy areas with no grass that people constantly complain about also resurfacing of roads in this photo taken on 2-10-17 there has been no attempt to excavate and remove the roots, if someone falls it will be a huge lawsuit. a little bit has been done recently with a new metal roof as far as the office goes, however, the office was a despicable mess prior to heritage taking it over. another factor about the sarasota memorial park cemetery is that they have no wheelchair access in the park itself. there are steps but no ramps except a lousy primitive one at the office. -w.e. read more

Cemetery foul odors Mostly during summer the causes are as follows caskets can deteriorate and emit body fluids and gases. Therefore, to prevent perceptible leakage of odors fluids and gases from the mausoleum. Each chamber must be provided with a vent and draining system in conventional construction methods, drain/vent pipes are installed within the wall forms and the concrete is then poured around them. It is vital that the chamber should be substantially "fluid-tight". -R.D. read more

Since 2015, literally zero has been done to correct the breakage and filth in and on the marble floors around the older mausoleum areas. Example area 17 and other areas that aren't marked with a number so that there loved ones can find them in the park. Just recently someone tried to clean the areas around 17 and 18 but totally left out some spots in 17 and some portions of 18. -P.P. read more

hopefully someone with any decency should allow this photo to be seen by the public. this is a veteran of war that has been treated in a deplorable manner at sarasota memorial park cemetery. let the public see. read more

Who owns Sarasota Memorial Park currently? I know it was in Chapter 11 around 2018 by Work & Son, Inc. but that shows as Inactive today. Any insights are appreciated read more

Patching the cemetery roof Here I included photos of the the patching done on the ceiling at the Sarasota Memorial Park Cemetery read more

The rumble was around 2019. At the BRADENTON FUNERAL home there were numerous bodies scattered around the property.