The 2025 Annual Report for Friends of Lakeview Cemetery highlights a year of meaningful preservation, community engagement, and steady progress in honoring one of Patchogue’s most historic spaces. Throughout the year, Friends of Lakeview focused on restoring and maintaining historic monuments, improving the grounds, and deepening public awareness through educational efforts and community partnerships. The report reflects the dedication of volunteers, donors, and supporters wh

This summer, professionals from Stewart Preservation were hard at work restoring historic headstones that our volunteers cannot. As part...

Maria Antoinette Conklin was born on February 6, 1850, to Nancy Catherine Smith, and Moses Alva Conklin, a wheelwright. Her brother,...

"Our Willie"   This is a sad one.  Ten year old Willie Hammond, born September 4th, 1879, son of Herbert Fletcher Hammond and Lydia...

Born December 3rd, 1793, Fanny is buried very close to where The Union Church stood; her family might well have been among the very first...

THE PRIZE: Two nights for up to eight people in a four bedroom, two bath house just yards from the ocean in Davis Park... PLUS....Four...

My apologies! I uploaded the wrong photo earlier...easy to do if you have as many pictures of headstones as I have. The photo below...

Elizabeth “Betsey” Beebe Avery Elizabeth Beebe was born on October 2, 1789, in Blue Point, New York, to Revolutionary War Veteran Captain...

This month, we remember John Furman. Born February 6,1805, he was the son of John and Ruth Ackerly Furman, husband of Freelove Hulse and...

Welcome to my very first post as the chair of The Friends of The Lakeview Cemeteries! I look forward to posting regularly to keep...

By Christopher Capobianco originally published in Great South Bay magazine in March, 2019, and updated for this page in December 2023....

Friends of the CRC The Cemetery Restoration Committee (CRC) of Patchogue kicks off its fifth Annual Membership Drive beginning January 1,...