About Us & FAQ

Interment fees encompass a variety of essential services provided by cemetery staff. These fees cover the administration and meticulous record keeping involved in the process — we assess internment rights, secure necessary permissions, and handle all required documentation. We also ensure that internment details are accurately recorded in the internment register while maintaining all legal files. Additionally, these fees include the physical tasks of opening and closing the grave.

The latest copy of the Cemetery Rules and Regulations Can be Downloaded at the link below

Cemetery Rules and Regulations Approved August 2024

Yes, since 1963, the Catholic Church has lifted its prohibition against cremation. While many prefer cremation as a means of disposition, it is essential to understand that it does not serve as the final resting place until the cremains are interred. Human cremated remains are still a representation of the deceased, albeit in a different form. Therefore, it is crucial to treat cremated remains with the same dignity and respect as one would a full body prior to cremation. These remains should be appropriately honored through traditional in-ground burial or entombment in an above-ground columbarium niche, crypt, or mausoleum. Preserving the memory of the deceased by ensuring their remains are safe, undisturbed, and memorialized is a cherished tradition. Everyone deserves to be remembered, and it is vital for family members and future generations to have the opportunity to visit these graves, even if just once. This is evident from the numerous visitors who come to the cemetery each year to explore their family genealogy!

To arrange a burial service, please get in touch with our office at least 48 hours in advance. Our team will guide you through the necessary steps and documentation.  If you have already pre-purchased your burial space, the funeral home will contact us to schedule the burial service on your behalf.

Deeds can only be transferred with proper legal documents. Please contact our office for assistance at 337.364.1663 or email office@holyfamilycemetery.org.

Yes, we offer pre-planning services to help families make arrangements in advance, ensuring peace of mind and easing the burden on loved ones.

Perpetual care offers essential maintenance services such as lawn care, trimming, and thorough cleaning to uphold a tranquil and dignified atmosphere in the cemetery. It is important to note that Perpetual Care does not cover damages or theft of decorations, plantings, or memorials, nor does it include shrubbery removal, foundation repairs, or personal attention to individual tombs.

At Holy Family Cemetery, we understand the deep significance of honoring your loved ones, and while we appreciate the desire to celebrate their life in nature, our regulations prohibit the spreading of cremated remains on burial lots. Instead, we offer serene options for interment in ground lots, entombment in our elegant mausoleum vaults, or the option to encase remains in a niches, allowing for a respectful and meaningful tribute that provides a lasting remembrance within our tranquil grounds.

The cemtery rules and regulations outlines what decorations are and are not permitted in section 8.03:

The placing of boxes, cans, shells, toys, metal designs, ornamental, signs, cards, ads, chairs, settees, cases, glass, wood or iron cases, concrete urns, concrete planter boxes, photographs, souvenirs, wreaths, flags, concrete benches, pictures and similar articles of any article other than the approved memorials, upon spaces shall not be permitted. If so placed, the Cemetery reserves the right to remove the same without notice to the owner and consider the same as abandoned.

Besides fresh flowers, all items placed at or near a space shall be deemed abandoned and may be removed and disposed of by the Cemetery without notice. Using tape, command strips, suction cups, stickers, wires, or glue to attach items to the front of tombs, crypts, or niches is strictly prohibited. Fresh flowers are only permitted outdoors and not inside the Cemetery buildings.

It is not permissible to hang items in trees and shrubbery near grave sites, including but not limited to bird feeders, bird houses, balloons, whirly gigs, wind chimes, solar lights, wooden signs, banners, and items requiring electrical power, or other decorations.   The Cemetery Director maintains the authority to remove and dispose of such items. Decorations on crypts/niches cannot extend over adjacent crypts/niches. If the Cemetery deems that an item to be removed is valued over ten dollars ($10), this item will be cataloged and kept for sixty (60) days after removal to allow loved ones to retrieve such items from the maintenance department.

Decorating a loved one’s grave with valuable or extremely sentimental items is strongly discouraged. The Cemetery does NOT assume responsibility for these items and cannot guarantee the safety or security of any item placed on the grounds.

Temporary crosses that serve as grave markers that the Cemetery places will remain up for sixty (60) days following a burial to allow time for a permanent marker to be placed.