Grand View Funeral Home & Burial Park

Grand View Burial Park was developed by the Industrial Development Corporation in 1934 as a memorial cemetery. It was intended that flat bronze markers on suitable bases would be the type of memorial used throughout the burial park. To get the park started, the corporation used the barter system in order to get the land cleared, roads developed and other needs. For instance, trucking companies supplied the equipment and road building materials to make the park accessible and in turn were given burial plots for their efforts.

The first burial was on May 11, 1934 with two more during that month. During 1934 there were twenty two burials. During the next five years that number has been tripled. With the need for space more sections were added. Features were added to several sections; i.e. in 'Section "C" a large bible was erected, Section "H" The Good Shepherd memorial was added, Section "A" saw the addition of the Lutheran Bible'.

In 1965 the Industrial Development Corporation sold Grand View to Hillard B. Crowell. Soon after that the business offices were moved from North 4th street to a new building on the grounds of the burial park. Many improvements have been made from that time until now. During an average year, two hundred twenty five burials are performed.

In 1981, Grand View Burial Park saw the addition of Grand View Funeral Home, a new and modern facility with the largest funeral chapel in the area with ample parking to handle the largest of funerals. This gave Grand View the ability to handle all your funeral needs in one location. You can purchase your burial spaces, memorial markers, burial vaults and complete funeral services all under one roof.

In the fall of 1988 Hillard B. Crowell retired from Grand View. The burial park and funeral home were purchased by a national organization who held ownership until the fall of 1992.

The current owners are Victor Evans and Douglas Hosmer who purchased Grand View Funeral Home and Burial Park in the fall of 1992 and have continued to operate the business to the present date; both Vic and Doug are residents of Hannibal.

Today Grand View Burial park accounts for nearly ninety percent of all burials in the Hannibal area. In the fall of 2002 Grand View Burial park will experience interment number ten thousand.