To prepare St. Mary Immaculate Cemetery for the spring and summer season, we are asking if you wish to save your winter arrangements, please remove them on or before Friday, March 28th, 2025. Any items left will be removed.
For review, here are the guidelines for decoration placement in the cemetery:
- Artificial decorations are permitted.
- Natural flowers must be in plastic containers, clay pots, or planted in front of the marker. They may NOT exceed the width of the marker or extend farther than 12 inches out in front of the marker.
- Shepherd’s hooks are permitted.
- Statues are NOT permitted.
- Glass containers are NOT permitted.
- Plants and decorations are NOT permitted on the sides or in the back of the marker.
- Bushes, trees, and evergreens are NOT permitted.
- Stones or rocks are NOT permitted on or around the grave.
- Outlining of the graves or markers with stripping border, metal frames, or stones is NOT permitted.
- Please refrain from placing decorations on or around the Columbarium.
- Items that are placed on or around the marker/columbarium that are not permitted will be disposed of.
We regret that we cannot guarantee decorations from damage or disappearance.
If you have any questions, please contact the cemetery office at 815-436-2651 ext. 860.