Gate of Heaven Cemetery is a beautiful and well-known Catholic cemetery located in Morris County, New Jersey. The Catholic cemetery is located in a rural and peaceful area and abuts Restland Memorial Park, offering hundreds of acres of lush greenery dotted with full and mature trees, well-groomed drives and walking paths, and a variety of locations for final interment. Since the late 1930s, staff at gate of Heaven Cemetery has offered compassionate, supportive and caring services to grieving Catholic families in East Hanover and surrounding communities. Obvious pride is taken not only in the services they offer to community inhabitants, but in the care of the property and its landscaping. Gate of Heaven Cemetery offers a mausoleum for indoor interment of cremains and Our Lady of the Rosary Chapel. Property structures boast beautiful stained glass depictions of Mary, the Virgin mother, and Jesus and his disciples. The cemetery property also offers above-ground and in-ground spaces as well as cremation spaces, sarcophagus and private family estates. The cemetery property belongs to the Archdiocese of Newark and is located in East Hanover, the grounds divided into over 50 different sections, each offering beautiful scenery, well-maintained grounds, and lush, green lawn. The Catholic cemetery is home to a number of well-known natives of the area, including actors, Congressman and Senators. The cemetery property is located between Interstates 287 and 280 between Hanover to the west, Roseland to the east and Livingston to the south. Visitors can take the westbound Ridgedale Avenue turn-off to downtown East Hanover or Mt. Pleasant Avenue (Route 10) from the west. |