Saint Joseph Cemetery
“Lord Jesus Christ, by your own three days in the tomb, you hallowed the graves of all who believe in you and so made the grave a sign of hope that promises resurrection even as it claims our mortal bodies.”
Saint Joseph Cemetery
2101 Poquonock Ave
Windsor, CT 06095
Saint Joseph Cemetery Office
379 Broad St
Windsor, CT 06095
finance@windsorcatholic.org
860-688-9566
Selection of a final resting place is not only a matter of practicality, it is also an act of faith. This is the place where believers who have completed their earthly pilgrimage await the Lord’s promise of resurrection. Instead of leaving this important decision to another, even a family member or friend, why not make this family decision now? We are happy to meet with you and your family to explore a solution that’s right for you.
This is a Cemetery
Lives are commemorated, deaths are recorded, families are reunited, memories are made tangible and love is undisguised.
This is a cemetery. Communities accord respect, families bestow reverence, historians seek information and our heritage is thereby enriched.
Testimonies of devotion, pride and warmth are carved in stone to pay warm tribute to accomplishments and to the life-not the death-of a loved one.
The cemetery is a homeland for memorials that are a sustaining source of comfort to the living. The cemetery is a history of a people-a perpetual record of yesterday and a sanctuary of peace and quiet today. A cemetery exists because every life is worth loving and remembering, always.
-Author Unknown
about the cemetery
- Located at 2101 Poquonock Ave (Rt. 75) in the Poquonock section of Windsor, CT.
- The grounds cover approximately ten acres
- There are five entrances to the cemetery
- Saint Joseph Cemetery was dedicated in 1906
- The cemetery has approximately 5,500 interments
- Single, two-grave and four-grave lots and columbarium niches are available
about our plots
Single grave-$1000
Two-grave plot-$2000
Four-grave plot-$4000
Six-grave plot-$6000
Columbarium Niche-$700
(can hold one or two urns)
- Convenient payment plans are available
- A minimum of four graves must be purchased to have an upright monument installed on the plot
- A flat/flush marker may be installed on any grave (limit of two markers on one grave)
- Prior to burial, the grave or columbarium niche must be paid in full
Saint Damien of Molokai Parish is committed to maintaining our cemetery as a reverent and uniform place of beauty.
We strive to maintain a peaceful, prayerful environment to honor our loved ones.
The cemetery has been consecrated by the Church as a place of burial, calling for observance of due propriety.
The cemetery rules and regulations exist in order to promote a spiritual atmosphere in which deceased loved ones are honored and their resting place secured.
Rules & Regulations
- The cemetery reserves the right to remove funeral designs, floral pieces, plantings, shrubs and trees if they become unsightly or detrimental to adjoining lots or the general appearance of the cemetery.
- Spring and fall cleanups are done each year. Please remove any items of value prior to cleanup.
- The cemetery will appoint a company to install foundations for monuments and markers.
- The cemetery must approve all monuments, grave markers and columbarium shutters. An application must be sent to the office by the monument company prior to any approval or installation.
- Unless special permission is granted, all work on the grounds will be done by cemetery employees or contractors hired by the cemetery.
- Vaults are required for all full burial internments.
- The cemetery will send the right-to-burial deed when the plot or niche is paid in full. Cemetery regulations are outlined in the deed.
