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 Town of Fort Erie - Cemetery Division
Located at 1818 Pettit Road
Fort Erie, Ontario
Mail address
1 Municipal Centre Drive,
Fort Erie ON L2A 2S6
Matt Woehl,
Supervisor, Parks and Cemetery Services
(905) 871-1600, ext. 2468
Email Address: mwoehl@forterie.on.ca
Office Hours: 8:30 am to 5:00 pm weekdays
Current Price List:
Current Cemetery Price List
Active Cemeteries:
Greenwood Cemetery - Located east side of Thompson Road south of Canadian National Railway and Bowen Road intersection.
McAffee Cemetery - Located on the east and west sides of Thompson Road south of Niagara Boulevard.
Ridgeway Memorial Cemetery - Located southwest corner of intersection of Ridgeway Road and Farr Avenue.
Inactive Cemeteries:
Barnhart/Carver Cemetery - Located on the north side of Fox Road between Point Abino Road North & House Road
Benner Cemetery - Located on the south side of Nigh Road back in the field at 3803 Nigh Road
Coloured Cemetery - Located on the north side of Curtis Road, east of Ridgemount Road
Fretz Cemetery - Located on the north side of Bertie Road back in the field between Point Abino Road North & Burger Road
Graham Cemetery - Located on the west side of Rosehill Road, between Highway #3 and Nigh Road (behind #1007)
Haun Cemetery - Located on the south side of Fox Road between Ott & House Roads
Hershey Cemetery - Located on the east side of Centralia Avenue between Nigh and Garrison Roads
Memorial Ridge Mausoleum - Immediately West of Zion Cemetery located on the north side of Highway #3 at top of hill just east of Ridge Road
Morningstar Cemetery (Old Wale Farm) - Located on the east side of Switch Road, midway between Netherby Road & Niagara Parkway back through the bush.
Ridgeway Old Cemetery - Located on the northwest corner of Southmill Road and Farr Avenue
Sherk Cemetery - Located on the north side of Sherk Road between Point Abino Road North & Burger Road
Spear/Plato Cemetery - Located on the south side of Bertie Road west of Osgoode Road
The Friends Burial Ground - Located on the south side of Dominion Road between Ridge & Prospect Point Roads
United Brethren(Beams Mill) Cemetery - Located on the north side of Hayslip Street behind business section on Stevensville Road
Black Creek Pioneer Cemetery - Located on the east side of Winger Road between Eagle Street & College Road on Golf Course
Zion Cemetery - Located on the north side of Highway #3 at top of hill just East of Ridge Road
Pre-arrangement Options
The Town of Fort Erie Cemetery Division provides many pre-arrangement options in any of our 3 active cemeteries (Greenwood, McAffee or Ridgeway Memorial).
Funeral Homes located within the Town of Fort Erie area:
Benner Funeral Services Inc.
1105 Benner Ave
Fort Erie, Ontario L2A 4N8
(905) 871-0444
Website: www.bennerfuneralservices.com
Niagara Funeral Alternatives
241 Ridge Rd North
Ridgeway, Ontario L0S 1N0
(905) 894-0120
The Williams Funeral Home Inc.
722 Ridge Rd North
Ridgeway, Ontario L0S 1N0
(905) 894-1161
Website: www.williamsfuneralhome.ca
The Town of Fort Erie Cemetery By-law
NOTICE The Corporation of the Town of Fort Erie has submitted By-law No. 25-13 to Regulate and Control the Operations and Care of Municipal Cemeteries to the Registrar of the Funeral, Burial, and Cremation Services Act 2002.
This by-law is available on the Town’s website at www.forterie.on.ca or may be reviewed or copied at the John L. Gibson Operations Centre at 1818 Pettit Road, Fort Erie.
Any interested parties may contact Matt Woehl, Supervisor of Parks and Cemetery Services at 905-871-1600, Extension 2468 for further information.
This by-law is subject to the approval of the Registrar, Funeral, Burial and Cremation Services Act 2002. Telephone: Cemeteries Regulation Unit 416-326-8393.
Once approved, By-law No. 25-13 will replace Cemetery By-law 57-93.
Cemetery By-law 25-13_______________________________________
For a copy of the current By-law (No. 57-93), please contact the Supervisor, Parks and Cemetery Services at (905) 871-1600,ext. 2468.
Excerpts from By-law No. 57-93 regarding Lot Decorations:
- In recognition of Special Observance Days, decorations as listed below, may be placed on any part of a lot for one(1) week preceding until one(1) week following each such Special Observance Days (Christmas is the exception of this rule and is addressed otherwise in this by-law, namely: potted plants, artificial flowers, tripods, and/or stands, vases/urns (except permanent "Daisy Vases")
- Winter wreaths without glass or plastic covers and artificial flowers are allowed to be placed on any lot after the 1st of December in any year.
- To preserve the proper appearance of the grounds in the Cemetery, artificial flowers and wreaths must be removed before April 1st of each year otherwise, the Cemetery Manager will have them removed.
- Only decorations that have been placed totally within a flowerbed area or securely fastened to and hung from a monument will be allowed to remain after the one(1) week period after the Special Observance Day.
- Rose bushes are not permitted on any cemetery lot.
- Where plantings or other decorations are placed within a planting bed area, the same shall be removed annually not later than October 31st in any year, and the entire area of the flowerbed is to be left in a neat appearance. Failure to do so may cause the Cemetery Manager to have the plantings or other decorations removed by the Corporation staff without recourse against the Corporation by any Interment Rights Holder.
- To preserve the orderly appearance of the Cemeteries, any flowerbed of the previous year which has not been planted by June 15th of any following year, may cause the Cemetery Manager in his/her discretion to have the flowerbed removed by the Corporation staff and to have the same replaced with sod without recourse against the Corporation by an Interment Rights Holder.
- No monument may be erected which is composed in whole or in part of:
(a) Wood
(b) Metal
(c) Marble veneer or other veneer
(d) Block or cement facing or exterior or
(e) Of any material not of permanent nature and durable quality.
- Temporary markers, as normally provided by the Funeral Homes, are permitted for a period of six(6) months from the date of the burial.
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The Cemetery Advisory Committee has been established and appointed by Council to provide advice and make recommendations to Council with respect to any matter pertaining to the administration of the cemeteries, including budget, rate changes and any major projects conducted in the cemeteries. For further information, please see the following link:
Cemetery Advisory Committee
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Page Created:01/13/2005 Last Updated:05/03/2013
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