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Locations - St. Joachim Cemetery
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St. Joachim Cemetery
105 Avenue at 117 Street,
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Telephone: 780 447-2921
Directions
Located
in central Edmonton, this cemetery may be entered from 107th
Avenue or 105th Avenue. There is a cemetery map at the 105th
Avenue entrance to assist in locating a burial site.
How To Acquire At-Need and Pre-Need Property and Services:
In
both pre-need and at-need situations, to make an appointment, contact
with the Edmonton Catholic Cemeteries Offices, located on the grounds
of Holy Cross Cemetery at 14611 Mark Messier Trail NW, Edmonton,
Alberta T6V 1H4
telephone: 780
447-2921
fax: 780 447-7275
The Cemetery Offices are
open Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM until 4:30 PM and Saturday from
10:00 AM until 4:00 PM..
Facilities and Available Inventory: 
St.
Joachim contains a very limited mixture of flush memorial and monument
lots for full burials as well as ground space for the inurnment of
cremated remains. Currently available burial spaces are:
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Families who own multiple space lots with unused graves continue to
bury their beloved deceased in St. Joachim. Early consultation with the
Archdiocesan Cemeteries Office enables families to determine the status
of these family plots.
- St. Joachim established a
Field of Honor for veterans who have served their country. The graves
are memorialized with flat granite markers as chosen by DVA.
- There are several areas for
the ground inurnment of cremated remains;space is available with
flush memorialization privileges in all of these sections.
- A
section of St. Joachim is set aside for infants, there are available
spaces in this area. Only flush memorials are permitted in this section.
- A new area with double depth casket
burial spaces has been opened
up.(one space with casket above /below the other) . The spaces in this area allow flat and upright memorials.
History:
Established
in 1888 on land donated by the Groat family, this cemetery initially
served the downtown community of St. Joachim Parish, the Catholic
parish originally centered in the old Fort Edmonton. The cemetery
contains a variety of historic monuments; walking through its many rows
of memorials, one can begin to appreciate the history of the Catholic
presence in central Alberta.
A large central cross marks the burial crypt of Archbishop Henry Joseph O'Leary (d. 1938).
Available options:
Casket and cremation ground burial, flat or traditional upright
memorialization; Field of Honour for Veterans of Canada's Armed Forces;
single and double depth casket burial and infant ground burial in the
childrens area around a central angel shrine. |
Cemetery maps and burial records are maintained at the Holy Cross office:
14611 Mark Messier Trail NW, Edmonton
Telephone: 780 447-2921 |
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