Did you know that The Aspin Hill Memorial Park was once a breeding kennel for miniature Schnauzers! The Champion  producing kennel that was here in the early 1920's was named after a kennel in England (thus Aspin instead of Aspen) and was owned by Richard C. and Bertha T. Birney. They had apparently buried some of their own pets on the property when at the request of their friends and neighbors they started burying  their pets to. The first recorded burial was a Saint Bernard owned by J. G. Croun on August 18, 1920.

The Birney family sold the property to a veterinarian, Dr. Edgar Ruebush, in 1946 and Dr. Ruebush then sold the property to S. Alfred Nash, a local embalmer in 1961. The Nash family had the cemetery till 1988.

1988 is when PETA acquired it through private donations. PETA is responsible for the name change to Memorial Park instead of Pet Cemetery, and for getting it registered with the Historic Society.

PETA donated the property to Chesapeake Wildlife Sanctuary in February 1996 and we have been running the business since.

The cemetery still has plots available for purchase and does about 2 to 3 burials a week.