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Quincy Memorial Lawn Cemetery was established in the summer of 1932. The cemetery is located at 5200 Quincy Memorial Park Broadway in Quincy, Adams County, Illinois. Later the name was changed to Quincy Memorial Park. The land had been purchased from John and Ed Cain by Mid-West Memorial Park Cemetery Company. The plans and specifications were drawn up by Ernest Kruse an architect from Wheeling, Illinois. The plans called for the parkway from the entrance with drives on either side along with a lake. The lake is often referred to as the goldfish pond. Families are welcome to feed the fish; however, no fishing is allowed. Markers were specified to be a flat flush type – no monuments. This remains in effect today with only flat bronze or flat sandblast markers being permitted. Records indicate the first burials were in 1932.