Funerals & Cemetery

Funerals


A Catholic funeral is a sacred celebration of faith, hope, and love, offered as we commend the soul of the deceased to God’s mercy. Rooted in prayer and the promise of eternal life, the funeral rites provide comfort to the grieving, honor the dignity of the person’s life, and unite family and friends in the hope of the Resurrection. Our parish accompanies families with compassion and guidance in planning the Vigil, Funeral Mass, and Committal.

Cemetary


Resources available for the verification process
  • 1. Copy of original architectural drawing from Steinhagen & Steinhagen, January 1937, and updated in September 1969.
  • 2. Original parish registry card index.
  • 3. Parish Cemetery binder with alphabetical internment documentation with reference to the physical grave plot size of 3’ x 8’.

 

For individuals who were not listed in any of the above resources and had headstones in place, physical measurements were taken from known, verified internments to determine location placement.

Lampe Design, LLC created a new updateable PDF site drawing. Two updateable documents were created in Microsoft Excel for future referencing.


  • Section-by-section listing for all grave locations.
  • Numerical listing for all grave locations.
  • Abbreviations used:
  • ( R ) = reserved
  • ( C ) = cremation
  • ( I ) = infant


The verification process was completed in October 2021.

 

St. Joseph Cemetery's Master Listing

To View St. Joseph Cemetery’s Master listing, click on this link.

Please follow these steps to locate specific information:

  • Press Ctrl F
  • Enter First OR Last Name
  • Click Find Next

 

Cemetery Grave & Plot Location Map

To View the Cemetery Grave/Plot Location Map, click here.

  • After you have located your family member or friend, please download the St Joseph Cemetery Grave/Plot location map. With the Block, Section, Lot, and Grave information, you can find the exact location on the map.
  • Block 1 is to the north. Block 2 is to the South.
  • Section information is at the top of Block 1 and the bottom of Block 2.
  • The lot information is located in the upper “right" corners.
  • Grave information is designated by the “L1, L2, L3..." identifiers.


NOTE: Using location designations by the lane will make it easy to identify the row of your family or friend.

 

St. Stephen's & St. Joseph's Cemetery Family Plots

We continually strive to update our cemetery records to get them as correct and complete as possible. If you encounter an error in the recorded data of your family plots or have knowledge of the individuals in our unresolved listing , please contact St. Stephen’s Catholic Church, 1441 W. Oakwood Road, Oak Creek, (414) 762-0552, with the correct details. We will update our database accordingly. Thank you for your help!


Click here to view the UNRESOLVED LISTING 

St. Joseph's Committee Members
  • Mary Jane Lampe
  • Ray Bailey Jr.
  • Jan Wilinski
  • Judy Wehrli


The process was time consuming and detail oriented. The committee took all of the resources, both physical and in print, to determine to the best of their knowledge, the accuracy of all burials at St. Joseph Cemetery. It was determined at that time approximately 10 years or more of inaccurate record keeping by the cemetery sexton led to having this process be completed, knowing there would ultimately be some omissions to which the committee had no control over.


The Committee did a physical recording of all headstones and markers on September 16 and 23, 2020. Verification process began October 7, 2020.


St. Joseph Cemetery is located at

6380 S. Howell Ave.

Oak Creek, WI 53154


Please call St. Stephen's at 414-762-0552  with any questions.