Sisters of St. Joseph's Nazareth Cemetery to close; nursing home will remain open
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The cemetery, established in 1874, will be closed due to perpetual care requirements
The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet are closing Nazareth Cemetery in South County.
The remains of approximately 1,200 sisters buried at Nazareth are being moved to a plot the sisters have at Resurrection Cemetery, which is part of the Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of St. Louis.
Nazareth Living Center, the sisters’ retirement home adjacent to the cemetery, will remain open.
The project began June 1. The initial moving phase is expected to be completed by mid-September. New grave markers will be laid at Resurrection Cemetery by the spring or summer of 2010.
A prayer service was held at Nazareth on Pentecost Sunday, May 31, to mark its closure.
The Sisters of St. Joseph decided to close the cemetery due to the province’s long term ability to provide the perpetual care required to maintain it. The area will be used for future needs as identified by the province.
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