Department Details

TIMOTHY CARPENTER
Acting Superintendent of Cemeteries

Phone

508-580-7833

Fax

508-580-7889

Email

cemetery@cobma.us

Address

Melrose Cemetery & Office, 88 North Pearl Street, Brockton, MA 02301

Office Hours

Monday-Friday 7:30 AM - 3:00 PM

Records Access Officer

cemetery@cobma.us

** NO CREMATION BURIALS AFTER DECEMBER 10TH**

** LIMITED TO 2 FUNERALS A DAY. **

Date	Time	Location	Funeral Home
TUES FEB 7		NO FURTHER BURIALS
MON FEB 20		NO FURTHER BURIALS

Funeral Rules

Only 1 "New Single Grave" or "New 2 Grave" burial per day
Monday-Friday you must be in by 1:00, Saturdays by 12:00, or a late charge will apply, $200/hour
No personal checks please. Make check payable to "City of Brockton"

There must be one hour between funerals that are in or near the same sections of the cemetery. The General Foreman, Erik Duquette, will making the final decision if he feels he can not accommodate the amount of traffic on any given day.

Additionally, families are no longer allowed to shovel dirt onto the casket. We have experienced some very negative situations because of this act.

Hours and Holidays

We are closed on the following holidays:

New Year's Day
Martin Luther King Day
Washington's Birthday
Patriot's Day
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Veteran's Day (or the following Monday)
Thanksgiving Day and the following day
Christmas Day

We close at 10:00 on the following days:

Good Friday
Christmas Eve
New Year's Eve