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Helga Cook, Manager Office Hours: After hours, for upcoming funerals only: Closed Mondays and Fridays
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Helga Cook, Manager Office Hours: After hours, for upcoming funerals only: Closed Mondays and Fridays
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At historic Grove Cemetery we celebrate lives. Continuing a 144 year tradition, we serve the community with dignified interments and assist in the customization of bronze memorials that are a tribute to your loved ones and what brought them joy in their lives. Historical Highlights The first meeting to establish a cemetery in New Brighton was held on July 12, 1858. A charter was drawn up under the name "Grove Cemetery" and the cemetery was incorporated on March 19, 1859.
It was a warm October 13th in 1859 when 250 people attended the dedication of Grove Cemetery. After the formal proceedings, guests had the opportunity to purchase interment spaces for themselves and their loved ones. Forty lots were sold. |
In April 1862, a committee was appointed to raise funds for a monument to the memory of Beaver County soldiers who gave their lives in the Civil War. The committee was discharged in 1874 because not enough funds could be raised. The monument plans were rekindled in 1883. Today the Civil War monument stands proudly, flanked by four canons, honoring the lives of the soldiers who were buried near the battlefields where they met their deaths. |
At Grove Cemetery, We Celebrate Lives. 15,516 persons are interred in this peaceful final resting place. Are you a descendant of one or several of them? Please contact us and we will enter your name, address and telephone number in our Family Registry.
The upper section of Grove Cemetery - where flat bronze memorials honor loved ones - was laid out in lots in 1954. The nearby garden crypts were built shortly thereafter. To us, all of Grove Cemetery is hallowed ground and prices for interment spaces are the same in all locations. Our prices also remain the same - whether you purchase an interment space needed for a loved one now or want to have peace of mind knowing that you have selected the space of your choice for the future. |
For the time being, and to enable us to catch up, we are taking care of family research requests by appointment only. There is a modest fee for these services which include a summary of the entries in our records, copies of index cards, overview maps and map segments, and escorting visitors to the graves of their ancestors that may be unmarked.
We plan to participate again in future Senior Days at the Mall. Details will follow. Our speaker program is off to a slow start due to a lack of presenters on pertinent topics. We are open to suggestions and welcome your ideas. Several events are in the planning stage. Please come back and check for updates.
Our Mission Statement To serve the community by providing dignified interments and customized bronze memorials while preserving the natural beauty of Grove Cemetery.
Customized Bronze Memorials When you purchase a bronze memorial from Grove Cemetery, our courteous management will assist you in its personalization. With a wide range of designs, free emblems and inscriptions, you have many options to design a memorial that reflects the joys in your loved one's life.
The Firemen's Bell was erected in memory of deceased firemen. When a firemen passed the monument, he would strike the bell twice: once for the dead and once for the living.
Come take a stroll through Grove Cemetery and enjoy the peace and beauty of this community cemetery. Stay a while and you will discover that visiting Grove Cemetery is an exciting date with history.
Before the snow came, we maintained our roads that had been damaged by rushing waters after rainstorms. We gave our office building, the garden crypts and the garage a facelift with paint in warm colors. Weather permitting, we cut down dead trees that presented a safety risk in stormy weather. The same fate awaits a few more "old-timers". We were pleased that several people in the community supported Grove Cemetery by buying our firewood.
Maintaining Grove Cemetery in Harmony with Nature Grove Cemetery is a member of the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary System and we plan to plant new trees that will provide shelter and bear seeds, fruit and nuts for our wildlife.
Grants and the Annual Sustaining Fund Grove Cemetery receives no federal, state or local government funding and Helga Cook continues her efforts to identify grant opportunities. The Grove Cemetery Annual Sustaining Fund is ongoing.
Interment Sites Available for Purchase A program will be launched shortly to familiarize the community with interment sites and attractive payment plans available at Grove Cemetery.
While space limitations at some cemeteries in the United States and abroad dictate that buyers of cemetery lots are granted only the "right to burial" permitting removal and future resale to others, you still receive a deed to your lot at Grove Cemetery.
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Contributions We are very grateful to several members of the community and out-of-town visitors who have become "Grove Angels" by making monetary gifts and in-kind donations. |
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All contributions are tax-deductible, and benefit Grove Cemetery 100%. |
In view of the lingering harsh winter weather, we have extended the date for removing Christmas and Valentine's Day decorations to Sunday, March 30.
Thank you for visiting us online. We welcome your visits, your inquiries, your suggestions, and your continued support.
With appreciation and best regards, The Members of the Board The Management Team and Staff
Nonprofit Grove Cemetery has been a community cemetery and good neighbor since 1859.
The cemetery's rich history of local family heritage is awe-inspiring. It makes it doubly gratifying to "weave new patterns into the fabric of life" as new residents choose Grove Cemetery as their final resting place.
The members of the Grove Team are enthusiastic about preserving this peaceful sanctuary in harmony with nature.
We are here for you and look forward to be of service
At historic Grove Cemetery we celebrate lives. Continuing a 144 year tradition, we serve the community with dignified interments and assist in the customization of bronze memorials that are a tribute to your loved ones and what brought them joy in their lives.
To us, all of Grove Cemetery is hallowed ground and prices for interment spaces are the same in all locations. Our prices also remain the same - whether you purchase an interment space needed for a loved one now or want to have peace of mind knowing that you have selected the space of your choice for the future.
We continue to do business based on mutual trust and our installment plans with 0% interest remain a popular option
We hope you enjoyed your visit to our site and will return again
