New Sweden Cemetery

A very very close friend of mine had things that I along with his family left there that meant a lot to him and that honored him. Things that they will never be able to get back. They have no regard for people and the things they have left there. They could have given the family notice to come and get the things that are important to them. This is a place people go to feel close to those they lost and they treated the memorabilia like it was just trash that was left there. Don’t bury someone here if you want to be able to honor and remember your family! They won’t even take responsibility for their actions

Used to be a very nice cemetery until they threw away things from around my brothers headstone. They did not give us a chance to come and get it or even tell us that they were removing them. Those were very important to us. And they put them in the garbage. They did not apologize when we called. So upset and disappointed. Those items were so special and important.

A board remember of the cemetery threw away belongings that were on graves with out contacting the families and giving them a chance to come get them. If you are in charge of a cemetery you should understand how hard grief is for families. Throwing away memories of their loved ones is unacceptable in ANY case.

They recently decided to enforce a rule that had never been enforced that you can’t keep things on the grave stones because it makes it to hard to mow. Then they threw away the items of significance around the grave stones without allowing people to come and get them. Some of those items were from my brothers car and after he died we put them there to remember him by and they threw them away. We can never get them back. If I could give zero stars I would. I’m very angry that this is the place where my brother is resting. If you are trying to pick a nice cemetery where your loved ones will respected and cared for don’t pick here. They are just an inconvenience when it’s time to mow.

My wife’s brother is in that cemetery and they were incredibly disrespectful in that they decided to enforce a old rule that has never been enforced before that they would no longer allow personal items around the headstone and decided to dispose of these items without allowing the families to come and get them. Unfortunately many of these items cannot be replaced and were from my brother-in-laws car and were items that he treasured. Very upset with the way this was handled.