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St. Joseph Cemetery.

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Category
Cemetery
Address
990 Lagrange St, Boston, MA 02132
Phone
(617) 327-1010
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Paul J. Rattigan★★★★★a week ago

We visited both of my grandparents grave sights and the front office was most helpful in supplying us with plenty of information. Robyn was the person who made our visit a wonderful experience. So grateful…

John Gardner★★★★★a year ago

Gorgeous cemetery with many interesting people resting there from mobsters to politicians!

Laila C★★2 years ago

It is a beautiful & peaceful place in a nice area but unfortunately the landscaping crew doesn't care or respect people. I was visiting my dad's grave recently & while sitting in my car sobbing, watched a guy's sitting on a lawnmower run over the petunias I'd planted on his grave the week prior. I actually have video footage of it from my dashcam. I watched as he did the same to several other graves. He was driving right up to the headstones, sometime even hitting them. I understand it may be a "frustrating" landscaping job to have to dodge all of the headstones/obstacles..but seriously?! Have some respect. I wish I didn't witness it with my own eyes. I stepped out of my car & picked up the now chopped up flowers I'd planted on my dad's grave & cried more. Awful!

1 helpful vote
K. C.2 years ago

Probably one of the most ghetto cemeteries I've had experience working as a Funeral Director. Albeit the woman in the office was very friendly and lovely, however the experience was absolutely embarrassing and horrendous from the cemetery crew, from the lack of communication when we arrived to ensure attendees who arrived before us knew where to find the grave, to the cemetery crew basically handling the casket like a UPS package and ripping them out of our hearse before I had a moment to step out of the vehicle (they opened our hearse door and snatched the casket without a single hello, how are you) and were rolling the casket away to the grave - have some respect for others property and loved ones! The closing of the grave was just as horrendous. To simply put it, a horde of brutish men descended upon the grave and chucked flowers, then how I can even begin to describe the lowering as a playground See-Saw of the casket where the color of the casket scraped upside the vault and was VERY aggressively handled. The real cherry on top was the cemetery crew man coming over to loudly discuss how horrible their last burial was of a child with the decedent's son standing right next to me. When I pointed out that the family was still here with us, the man had the audacity to say that losing an older person is not nearly as bad! I was appalled. The price paid for the grave opening and closing should have allotted a more respectful way of allowing our grieving family to say goodbye. Do better.

3 helpful votes
Tommy DiGaetano★★★★★2 years ago

Well couldn't find the answer I was looking for

Kathleen Decareau★★★★★2 years ago
W Gavazzi★★★★★3 years ago

Spent a nice fall Sunday afternoon looking for the graves of several ancestors. It was quiet and very peaceful with very little city sounds to be heard. There is a nice mix of old and new headstones and the winding roads and hills make it even more interesting. There had been a recent storm a week earlier so there were several small trees down but the place is usually very well kept.

1 helpful vote
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alpha ABX513 years ago

It a dump with a pretty gate. Also, why provide a website, a map, to sections, then not label the lots? It's stupid. Section Vincent 6 is a dump. A disgrace. We old people stumbled around for hours hoping to find a lot sign. Maybe our great-grandparents stone is buried. Who knows? Clearly, the cemetery employees do not care and years of bad reviews show that they could not care less.

3 helpful votes
Andrew Syiek★★★★★3 years ago

This 200 acre private, non-sectarian cemetery established over 150 years ago is well managed, maintained and graciously designed. Blessed with an abundance of mature plantings and trees, it is reminiscent of a beautiful arboretum. Judy Bourque of the Holyhood Cemetery Association especially deserves special commendation for her conscientious, considerate care when calling attention to gravesite issues.

2 helpful votes
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Matthew Dowling★★★★★3 years ago
Joe Creighton★★★★★5 years ago
Mary Joyce5 years ago

I was just out to St Joseph Cemetery this morning. It is a disgrace. I was on ST Vincent Way. The section I was on was disgraceful. I spent 15 min.looking for. a grave that I knew where it was. The grave was covered with weeds and truck tracks. The whole section is in terrible condition. The graves are all collapsing. When you buy a plot you pay for perpetual care. I would say that there is no care being given to the older sections of the cemetery. The Catholic Religion tells us to bury the dead. I assume it means to respect the burial place. It certainly is not happening at St. Joseph. I think the Archdiocese should look at the older sections of the cemetery. It is a poor reflections of what the Church teaches.

8 helpful votes
Chris Szeto★★★6 years ago
Brennan Keane6 years ago

This place is horrible. The landscapers rip up flowers and flages. They have also tipped over headstones. Do NOT purchase a plot here.

5 helpful votes
June Higgins★★★★★7 years ago

I really like this cemetery it is a great place and it looks Really clean plus the people that work there are so nice to.

Edward Vivlamore★★★★★9 years ago

Kept up nicely

Material Vestibular10 years ago
Nicolas Arauz★★★★★11 years ago