AGENCY: Huntington (Utah)

SERIES: 30046
TITLE: Cemetery obituary records
DATES: 1966-2014
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological by year of death

DESCRIPTION: This series contains obituaries kept by the Huntington City cemetery. These records were kept as a way of tracking deaths of Huntington residents and burials in the city cemetery. The obituaries were collected in order to assist in making burial arrangements and as a record of the identity of individuals interred in the cemetery. The obituaries were clipped from newspapers, typically having been written and submitted to the paper by family, friends, or caretakers of the deceased. They contain such information as birth dates and place, death dates, brief descriptions of the individual's life, accomplishments, or character, and funeral information if applicable. Occasionally the obituaries also include information on the cause of death.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series is authorized by Archives general schedule Burial records, GRS-286

AUTHORIZED: 12/21/2020

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Historical

The records in this series are of permanent historical value as documentation of individuals buried in the Huntington City cemetery.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public