Fairmount Willow Hills Memorial Park

Category: Memorial park

Address: 9100 Archer Ave, Willow Springs, IL 60480, USA

Phone: +17088398500

Opening hours

Sunday: Closed

Monday: 8:30AM–4:30PM

Tuesday: 8:30AM–4:30PM

Wednesday: 8:30AM–4:30PM

Thursday: 8:30AM–4:30PM

Friday: 8:30AM–4:30PM

Saturday: 9AM–1PM

Reviews

Kate Zeman

Dec 20, 2020

Ron - IF I may translate the cemetery response: hich has been in effect for several decades, relates to the majority of cases in which people place wreaths and then leave it to Fairmount to pick them up once the decorations have become unsightly. The removal tag fee helps to cover recovery and disposal costs and is included in the price of our beautiful holiday wreaths. This is just a means of generating an income stream for them by forcing you to buy the tag or entire wreath - even if you do pick up your own wreath by Jan 15th. They will came and at random remove what wreaths they believe do not have tags. Wreaths on my family's graves were removed since the 13th when they were placed out. We pick ours up by Jan 15th. (They are artificial and due to the cost refreshed and reused.) jBut others in the area without any tags and not cemetery bought are still there. Also the rules are not enforced all the time for everyone. In the summer you find beer bottles sitting on head stones for weeks at a time. At least one grave have been burning a glass and metal kerosene lantern for a year now. Also the rule for imposing the tag fee is not consistent either. The cemetery does not take as good of care of the grounds as they want you to believe. In the summer they constantly scalp the lawn because they are too lazy to raise the mower deck. The flat headstones have been hit and chipped by the mower blades as the desk is too low.. Trash barrels are not emptied on a regular basis, the water hydrants are a hit or miss if they are working that week or not. The wreath money making scheme is the same as the headstones. They charge so much others to install and have so many rules and requirements the local businesses that make the memorials will not deal with them. Your forced to go through the cemetery. Plus the headstone are not put in with any foundation or base, just the sod is cut the 3 to 4 inches for the depth of the headstone and it is dropped in the opening. No concrete or stone base which is way you see so many sinking into the ground. Yes a beautiful location, and office staff is friendly, but the grounds crew could use improvement.

Ron

Nov 7, 2020

Prior to Fairmount Cemetery I went to Beverly and Resurrection cemeteries. I placed decorations on relative's graves. Entering Fairmount Cemetery I was met by a sign stating no decoration's can be displayed without first purchasing a removal tag. Driving thru there were no decoration's on the graves. Will the owner please explain the purpose of paying a fee.

Nancy Simpson

Aug 29, 2020

We were very pleased with our Fairmount Willow Hills experience. Lazar helped us find a plot to purchase just feet from our relatives. Today we buried the ashes. We didn't expect the headstone would be installed but it was. I feel they made a special effort to install it before the funeral. Everyone at Fairmount Willow Hills is very helpful and pleasant.

Edi Jorgo

Mar 27, 2020

- very disappointed on how they have handled our family members burial!

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Questions & Answers

Are the gates closed on sundays too or just the office?

Cierra Clemente | Oct 3, 2022
Madelyn Pedersen-Stiltner | Oct 3, 2022

Just office

Is there an email or website I can use to get burial/plot information for my great grandparents who are buried there?

Tricia Heaphy | Nov 2, 2021
Fairmount Willow Hills Memorial Park | Jun 5, 2022

Findagrave is not our website and has no way of having any accurate information as contained in our records. You can call our office at 708-839-8500 for immediate answers to your questions.

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How do I confirm ownership of an unused gravesite

Bruce Northrup | Nov 3, 2019
Timothy Robieson | Nov 3, 2019

Please call the cemetery directly.

Can you rent kayaks here?

Liz Eyas | Nov 3, 2019
Lazar Mavrenovic | Nov 3, 2019

This is a cemetery so no but you might be able to rent kayaks at Maple lake.

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What decorations, flags or flowers, are allowed on the graves?(please include dates for the season). Thank you.

Jimmy Smith | Nov 3, 2019
Fairmount Willow Hills Memorial Park | Nov 3, 2019

Fresh flowers may be placed on graves at any time. Artificial flowers may be placed on graves only from Oct 15 through Apr 15. Floral items will be removed from graves during mowing. Potted plants will only be permitted on graves five days before and five days after Easter Sunday. No one may plant flowers or other plants on any grave. Christmas items, such as wreaths or floral boxes, are permitted on graves from Dec 1 through Feb 15 only. Please ask for complete rules regarding Christmas decorations. Flags and Veteran's emblems are permitted on and up to three days before Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Veteran's Day. They must be removed the first working day after the holiday. The following will not be allowed at any time: Flower containers other than plastic or metal Paintings, decorative rocks, edgings, statues, shepherd hooks, vigil lights, glass objects of any nature, any other types of commemorative items Balloons Any items the Cemetery deems unsightly

Why does the cemetery hours say closed on Sunday. Surely people visit graves on Sundays

Donna Zawacki | Nov 3, 2018
larry podo | Nov 3, 2018

Office is closed Sunday not the cemetery.

No one is ever there Lazur when I call, when is Tami Janes stone coming? Would like to know. Lea Roberts

Lea Roberts | Nov 3, 2018
Fairmount Willow Hills Memorial Park | Nov 3, 2018

We’re sorry to hear that you had trouble reaching us. Our office is always open during normal business hours, which are published in this listing here on Google. Because you posted this question 14 minutes after our office closed for the day, it is possible that you tried to call after our office had closed. If you have had this problem before, please note that we are open from 8:30 to 4:30 on regular weekdays and 9:00 to 1:00 on Saturdays. I talked with someone familiar with your order this evening, and they are familiar with you and will call you in the morning to give you the expected completion date of your memorial order, which date remains unchanged. Thank you for your business.

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