BUFFALO, N.Y. — Officials with the historic Concordia Cemetery on Walden Ave. in Buffalo say someone broke into their barn and garage overnight and stole a large amount of lawn equipment.
That includes four riding lawn mowers, several push mowers, some trimmers, and a chainsaw.
Board members with the 160-year-old cemetery are now scrambling to figure out how they will be able to maintain the grounds.
"Right now, we have nothing left to mow the cemetery with," says cemetery president David Speth.
"So this is 15.1 acres, and it can't be done with just a couple walk-behinds that we have left. So we are going to have to reconstitute our mowing fleet and that's going to cost some money. And we hope that we are able to raise the money to keep the cemetery going."
Buffalo Police are now helping investigate.
Speth asks anyone who wants to help out to send a donation to the mailing address below.
Concordia Cemetery Inc.
P.O. Box 1773
Buffalo, NY 14226