Governing Board
The Cobden Union Cemetery will be governed by a board elected by the members of the Anglican, Presbyterian and United Churches at the Annual Meeting each spring. (held usually in late May).
This executive board should consist of a Chairman, Secretary-treasurer and those members volunteering or elected by each Church to serve the interests of that Church in all cemetery matters as required yearly.
The Secretary-Treasurer shall:
- Keep a register showing all Iabor costs and hours worked for all paid employees each year.
- Keep a register containing the names of all deceased persons interred in the cemetery; with date of burial, full name, address, location of the grave and other pertinent information. Also, full particulars concerning disinterment will be entered.
- Keep the books to record the income and expenses of the cemetery annually.
- Prepare and arrange audit of the Annual Financial Statement are to be presented at the annual meeting of the Cobden Union Cemetery Board.
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Current Board Members
The current board members of the Cobden Union Cemetery are:
Peter Poff, President, Grace United Church – email
Leslie Hill, Vice President, St. Paul’s Anglican Church – email
Sandra Buttle, Secretary-Treasurer, Grace United Church – email
Wilf Smith, Director, Grace United Church – email
Dale Yuke, Director, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church – email
Elmor Haley, Director; St. Paul’s Anglican Church – email
Steve Gilmour, Director; St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church – email
Jack Fletcher, Director, Grace United Church – email
Contact Us
To learn more about our cemetery, please contact:
Sandra Buttle
Secretary-Treasurer
cobdencemetery@gmail.com
613-433-1611
Cemetery Location
26 Union Cemetery Road
Cobden, Ontario
K0J 1K0
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Cobden Union Cemetery
Land Acknowledgement
The Cobden Union Cemetery would like to acknowledge on behalf of our community that we are located on the traditional territory of the Algonquin People. We would like to thank the Algonquin people and express our respect and support for their rich history, and we are extremely grateful for their many and continued displays of friendship. We also thank all the generations of people who have taken care of this land for thousand of years.