Planned Giving

Eternal Friends of Lake View Cemetery: our planned giving society.

Eternal means perpetual, enduring, and everlasting. Such is our relationship with friends and family who have thoughtfully chosen to remember Lake View Cemetery in their estate planning.

There are many ways to leave a legacy to Lake View Cemetery. A planned gift can be given from a will, trust, life insurance, IRA, or other means. Often there are tax incentives and benefits that encourage charitable giving. Whatever type of gift you choose, when you become a member of the Eternal Friends of Lake View Cemetery, your gift will help to ensure that our historic garden cemetery is preserved and protected... for eternity.

Let’s get you started. Suggested language for a gift in a will:

I give the sum of __ Dollars ($XX) to Lake View Cemetery Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, or its successor or successors, for the unrestricted support of Lake View Cemetery Foundation’s mission.

If you prefer, we can assist you and your advisor to customize your impact by suggesting language for a restricted gift or purpose as well as discuss a variety of planned giving tools.

For more information or questions, please contact
Leah Whidden
Executive Director
216.453.0958

email Leah

Patrick J. Holland & Donna Lee “Pitter” Pratt

"I find it comforting to know when I’m gone, even if I won’t be aware of it, I have helped in some way to preserve the beauty of Lake View for future generations. Not only for the people who rest here, but for those who visit.” - Patrick Holland

Eternal Friends of Lake View Cemetery

*denotes deceased

Anonymous*

Peter W. Adams* Trust

Cynthia Bassett

Jeanie Brown Belhobek

Estate of Mr. James R. Bell, Jr.*

Mr. Thomas C. Bolton

Kate Brown & Nelson Wittenmyer

Elizabeth T. Brown, Ph.D.

Estate of Ms. Marjorie L. Byers*

Ruth Anna Carlson & Albert Leonetti

Henry* & Sally Chisholm

James Terry Chisholm

Robert Scott Deckbar

Mary Kay DeGrandis & Edward Donnelly

Estate of Marion J. Donohue*

Thomas J. Fisher*

Mr. & Mrs. David C. Fulton, Jr.

Jeffrey P. Gammel

Katharine Goss

Tom & Jean Hogen*

Patrick J. Holland & Donna Lee Pratt*

Mary Izant

Charley R. Jones*

Henri Pell Junod, Jr.

Estate of Bruce Kendrick*

Barbara E. Kozel

Mr. Donald Lazor*

June Louise

Estate of J. Denny May*

William C. McCoy*

Carlton A.K. McDonald*

Estate of Anne Ford McMillen*

Estate of Marcella S. Nelson*

Thomas A. Nobbe

Addie May O'Neill* Trust

David A. Osborne, Jr.

Richard & Jude Parke

Frank H.* & Nancy L.* Porter Fund

Laurance Rockefeller*

Heidi & Nils Salvesen

Estate of Mr. Victor G. Sandorf*

Estate of Elsa M. Shackleton*

Estate of Eleanor J. Stefansik*

Emily Hartwell Taylor

Marjorie D. Thompson* Trust

Susan Downie Wheeler

Leah & Blair M. Whidden

Sherrill P. Witt

Everlasting Trusts

Our deepest thanks to the following whose endowed gifts to Lake View Cemetery have been invested and will continue to grow to provide support in perpetuity.

Thomas J. Fisher*

Leonard C. Horvitz* Family

Herbert F. Leisy* Family Designated Fund

The Higley Fund at the Cleveland Foundation

Frank H. Porter & Nancy L. Porter* Family

Laurance Rockefeller*

Marjorie D. Thompson Trust*