GATE OF HEAVEN CEMETERY

St. Therese Parish operates this cemetery, which is located on Business 51 just south of Wausau Homes. One of the largest cemeteries in Central Wisconsin, it has undergone many improvements during the past several years; with the building of a cemetery garage, paving of roads and the planting of 16,000 trees. It is open to people of all religions and those who profess no religion.

SPECIFIC REGULATIONS FOR THE CEMETERY

1. Gate of Heaven Cemetery has been blessed and is considered a sacred place. Any ornamentation on monuments and markers must be in keeping with the sacred character of the cemetery. All inscriptions and ornamentation, apart from the name of the individual, the date of birth and the date of death must be submitted to the caretaker of the cemetery for approval before they can be permitted.

2. The holder of burial rights is known as the lot holder. The lot holder has title only to the burial rights on a given lot, but not to the land itself. The title to all cemetery land remains with Gate of Heaven Cemetery.

3. Lot holders who wish to relinquish burial rights are to sell them back to the cemetery for the original price. The cemetery reserves to itself the right to resell lots according to its own criteria.

4. All lots are sold with perpetual care included. This does not include however the watering of flowers or the trimming and maintenance of individual shrubs/trees placed upon individual gravesites.

5. Any items that are placed at the gravesites or upon the monuments during specifically allowed times (see item 12) must be maintained. The cemetery association reserves the right to remove any unsightly mess at any time.

6. Burial lots must be paid for before a burial or placement of a monument or marker.

7. All monuments are not to exceed a total of 42 inches in height from the top of the concrete foundation (placed in the ground) to the top of the granite stone. (See Monument/Foundation Guidelines.)

8. All foundations slabs and flower u-rings, along with government markers, will be approved, ordered and emplaced by the cemetery. Individual lot holders are not allowed to order or emplace these items.

9. Concrete vaults with plastic liners are required for all burials.

10. Cremains may be buried in any plot if permission is granted by the cemetery association.

11. No marble, cement, wooden or iron markers or monuments are allowed. The only approved material is "Granite Stone."

12. Placement of flowers and/or shrubs/trees (living, silk or plastic) will only be in concrete u-rings (ordered through and emplaced by cemetery), or in urns permanently attached to the monument. Any permanently planted shrubs/trees must be maintained to allow easy lawn mowing. Any not properly maintained by the lot owner will be maintained at the discretion of the cemetery association. Flowers may also be placed across the top of a monument in an approved manner or holding container. None will be placed directly into the ground except during the time period of October 15th through April 15th. There are to be no glass items (which are not permanently attached), aluminum cans, bottles of alcohol or shepherds hooks allowed at any time. Any violation of this directive will b3e removed and discarded by the cemetery.

13. Wreaths will be permitted on gravesites for Christmas, but must be removed by April 15th. Any remaining after this date will be removed and discarded by the cemetery association.

14. Grass cutting will be done by cemetery employees only. No weeds or refuse should be left at the gravesite.

15. No trees or shrubs may be planted without the approval of the cemetery association.

16. There will be no dogs allowed in the cemetery. There will be no hunting, parking, camping, snowmobiles or fire building allowed on cemetery property. The cemetery land is posted.

17. All loose items (tripod holders, floral bouquets, nic nacs, etc) placed upon a grave at the time of burial, must be removed one week after the funeral.

Burials are from Monday through Saturday (except holidays). Winter burials will be determined by the weather.

Pricing effective January 1, 2007:

All questions and inquiries may be directed to:

Mark Kukulka
Gate of Heaven Cemetery Association
112 W. Kort Street
Schofield, WI   54476
715-212-0900