Sacred Heart Cemetery
Led by Bishop John Samuel Foley, the Diocese of Detroit purchased this land from Ephise Rosset in February 1914. The property became a new burial ground for Immaculate Conception of Blessed Virgin Mary after the church’s first cemetery, St. Mary’s, had nearly reached its capacity. The first burial in Sacred Heart Cemetery was recorded on June 25, 1914.
Because many parish members owned family plots in St. Mary’s, the new cemetery had a low number of interments during its first few years. Several former pastors from the Immaculate Conception of Blessed Virgin Mary are buried in the priest mound of Sacred Heart Cemetery. Fred Rose, ho served as sexton for the parish from 1959 until 1997, is also buried in the cemetery. He was the great-great-grandson of Etienne (Stephen) Rose, an early Anchorville settler who donated land for the parish’s establishment in 1849. There are more than 150 veterans buried here, including soldiers who served in WWI, WWII, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
site number: L2316
era: Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945)
year listed: 2018
year erected: 2019
