OFFICES CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28TH AND FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH.

The Archdiocese fo Milwaukee Catholic Cemeteries wish you a very happy and restful Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving is a time to be with family, and we want to be sure you can visit your family here at our cemeteries as well.

Please plan your visit with the following in mind:

* Our cemetery grounds (grave spaces and some outdoor mausoleums) are always open 365 days a year.

* In observation of the holiday, our cemetery offices and indoor mausoleums will be closed Thursday, November 28, 2024.

* Indoor mausoleums will be open for visitation under holiday hours, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM on Friday, November 29, 2024..

* We will be open for our regular Saturday hours on Saturday, November 30, from 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM.

Please contact the cemetery you wish to visit for any further specific details.

Christmas/Holiday Decorations

As stated in our Visitation and Decoration brochure, families are allowed to place Christmas decorations mounted on tripods or stakes on grave spaces starting on November 16th.

We politely ask that families do NOT use any of the permanently installed in-ground vases for bouquets at this time. The odds of a grave vase baing damaged during the winter months are rather high.

These grave decorations will remain the graves until March 14th. At that time, they will be disposed of starting on March 15th..

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the cemetery in quiestion directly.

Website Corrections and Updates

The Archdiocese of Milwaukee Catholic Cemeteries (AOMCC) prides itself on being one of the first cemeteries in the country to integrate its internal burial records information with its own website. This site, in connection with our Cemetery Inventory Management System (CIMS), has assisted families in searching for the interment locations of their loved ones on our "Genealogy" tab for many, many years.

Unfortunately, as technology advances, what was once "state of the art" is now almost obsolete. What "worked" in older versions of software no longer works as we'd hope. For example, the option to add comments and such has not worked properly for some time. 

We are currently developing a new software program and website access that will bring many of our features up-to-date with remarkable accuracy and detail. Corrections and updates of names, intement locations and the like are ongoing and will be part of the new system. We are several months away from this new program, but we assure you it will very much be worth the wait!

Until then, our website will continue to be available to you in the best condition we can provide. If you would like the most up-to-date, accurate records possible, please contact the cemetery you wish to inquire about and you can discuss it with their Family Serive Coordionators and/or Family Service Advisors.

We look forward to serving you! 

Milwaukee Catholic Cemeteries

Serving the Catholic Community Since 1857

The ministry of these Catholic Cemeteries is
the work of consolation as our part of the ministry of Christ

• we reverently bury the dead
• we compassionately support the living who mourn them

Visitation and Decoration Policies

As you visit our cemeteries, we would like to remind you that the Archdiocese of Milwaukee Catholic Cemeteries (AOMCC) crews clean every cemetery and mausoleum as regularly as possible aside from our regular Fall and Spring cleaning dates to remove and discard decorations not in compliance with decoration policies. Anything not in a vase or growing in the ground near graves, and anything placed on a crypt or niche front not purchased through AOMCC is considered a violation and will be removed in time. For further details on our policies, please contact the cemetery office where you wish to do your decorating and please review our Visitation and Decoration Policy brochure.

Read more about our policies and download the brochure.