Mount Carmel Cemetery

Ronald Podkoshin

Ten to twelve of my relatives have been laid to rest in this cemetery. Since I was a young child, I remember my family constantly having issues with gravesite maintenance and all sorts of things. We’ve always paid top dollar and did our best to contribute. Until my mother passed away, it wasn’t something that I needed to worry about personally. A family friend that visits this cemetery brought to my attention that my mother's grave was damaged, the monument was knocked over, and the foundation was destroyed, and this is not the first incident. The few times that I was able to visit due to active duty military service, there seemed to be minimal issues aside from burials practically overlapping one another and maybe the uneven setting of the plants. My mother’s brother contacted Mount Carmel cemetery only to be told that we must cover the cost of contracting a monument setter and are personally responsible for removing, storing, and resetting the monument. Although the damage was the fault of the facility and its contractors, the foundation that they damaged will be repaired, BUT how exactly is the family of the deceased responsible for repairing/resetting/whatever?? Unfortunately, most of the family is out of state, so this matter is not a simple one with a simple resolution. I hope with all the might I possess that this dilemma is rectified with haste. The heartache Mount Carmel shares with those who trust to bury their families here are unacceptable. As a kind and genuine forewarning, please consider where you bury your loved ones. Do research, visit the cemeteries, try to learn the maintenance and management that your kin might be looked over by for eternity.

Yury T

Beautiful, peaceful, quiet cemetery.

dave kalan

Very poorly maintained and dirty. Nobody wants to help you from administration. You pay so much money for a poor service. Nobody cuts the grass and weed around the grave

Alexander Krugly

Terrible. My mother in low monument was moved out from foundation and almost fall and also ivy shrubs was removed from her grave. I complained to the office and it is already more than three month they doing nothing. When I call, they gave me new excuses every time Hello management, IT IS CEMETRTY!!!!!!! They only good to end you bills.