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

parks@cobma.us

Funeral Schedule

DUE TO THE CONCERNS WITH COVID-19 THE CEMETERY DEPT. HAS UPDATED ITS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE,

THE CEMETERY DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE TO SERVE AS PALLBEARERS. IT WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL FUNERAL DIRECTORS TO ASSIGN THOSE THAT WILL TRANSPORT A CASKET FROM THE TRANSPORT VEHICLE TO THE PLOT AND PLACEMENT ON THE LOWERING DEVICE.

ALL THOSE ATTENDING THE GRAVESITE MUST BE WEARING MASKS.

THE CASKET WILL ONLY BE LOWERED BY CEMETERY STAFF AND WILL NOT TAKE PLACE UNTIL ALL VISITORS HAVE LEFT THE GRAVESITE. FAMILY MAY REMAIN IN THEIR VEHICLES TO VIEW THE LOWERING OF THE CASKET.

WE UNDERTAND THESE CHANGES WILL BE DIFFICULT BUT WE APPRECIATE YOUR COOPERATION.

Date	Time	Location	Funeral Home
TUES JUNE 15	11:00	NEW CENTRAL GROVE	RUSSELL
THURS 17TH & FRI 18TH	THE OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED
THURS JUNE 17	12:00	313 NORTH MA -CREMAINS	WAITT
FRI JUNE 18	11:15-30	NEW CENTRAL GROVE	RUSSELL
MON JUNE 21	CLOSED FOR THE HOLIDAY
TUES JUNE 22	11:30	NEW CENTRAL GROVE	LOPES
THURS JUNE 24	11:00	25 NORTH ME-CREMAINS	DAHLBORG
MON JULY 5TH	CLOSED FOR THE HOLIDAY
SAT JULY 31	9:00	30 SINGLE B-CREMAINS	CONLEY

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