St Joseph Cemetery

Cemetery is historic, but really is showing it’s age and could obviously be better maintained. Many final resting spots are so overgrown with grass and weeds that the souls there are just «lost.»
Many of my relatives on my dad’s side are buried here, and we come out to the cemetery about twice a year. We maintain the grave stones and trim/​edge around the stones. A quick walk around though will show that so many stones (probably thousands) have become so overrun with grass, crab-​grass, weeds, and sinking/​shifting — that one can barely see the stones. It does look kinda bad.
In fairness, I understand the cemetery cannot be responsible for maintaining every single grave. Many of these people have been long dead and it’s safe to say many of their younger relatives or family may also be dead. Nobody may be left, or care enough, to maintain these people’s final resting areas.
That being said, I am thinking a better system could be put into place though for at least some «middle-​ground» type of compromise to rectify some of this disrepair. Perhaps volunteer work or maybe some kind of «occasional pay service» where the family of the deceased can pay say $ 50 a year to have their family’s plots tidied up.
Many of the roads can also be repaired or patched up.
The buildings around the cemetery are still nice, and one administrative building actually has washrooms (in very great shape I may add) open 24 – 7. This is obviously a perk if you find yourself in the middle of a journey and after visiting loved ones you are far from home and need to utilize the restrooms.
All in all, still a decent cemetery considering how old it is. Some obvious improvements can be made though to help this cemetery survive even a decade or so into the future.

I went into the cemetery as I just happened to be passing by. I made a quick phone call to the office; they invited me to come in. in the office I was given a printout of exactly the section and the grave location as well as given instructions how to get right over there. Thanks guys!

I have been going to St Joseph for many years to see relative and friends. ANY it never changes. While some may think that this is a good thing, I can say that this operation needs to look at the infrastructure of their roads within the cemetery. They are slanted, in need to repair and leaves a bad impression on ones mind. Chunks of asphalt are missing and some are just thrown about. In addition. I asked a cemetery worked where the Cross is located in teh cemetery and he said «We dont have one», Thats another cemetery. Knowing he is wrong, and i elected nothing more, I asked another worker and was directed to where the cross is located. This is just a so so cemetery. Look elsewhere.

In addition to a very beautiful day; for some reason amazing karma followed me wherever I went. After a consult meeting in the area I stopped to visit a kind friend who died 2 months ago.
I’m sure many of you have been in similar situations: where in the sadness of a moment you think you know where you are; but weeks later when you return, you can’t find where you were at all.
Such was the case today. But it wasn’t just the many souls there who seemed to be looking out for me.
A wonderful woman in the business office steered me in the right direction. And when I walked back and forth and back and forth with my miniature map in hand, pulling 4 inch heels out of the grass, not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4 cemetery workers came to help me find the grave site I had been sweating, looking for. It took all 5 of us at least 25 minutes.
Maybe I looked sad. Maybe they knew I wouldn’t leave til I found him. As I thanked them for their help, even though they all looked like they could have used a Gatorade, they all smiled and said, «That’s what we’re here for».
No doubt in my mind that this particular scenario repeats itself for all of them, each week, many times over. Thank you doesn’t seem to cover it.