Gethsemane Cemetery and Crematory is located in Wayne County, Michigan, a beautiful location and property for the final interment and care of the deceased. The well-kept property, groomed lawns, and mature pine and native regional trees, flora and fauna offer a relaxing, secluded, and peaceful location for visitors coming to honor and remember their loved ones. The property offers a unique glimpse into Detroit's past with its above ground tombstones and markers offering brief histories of area residents and their importance to those left behind. The cemetery property also offers a crematory and mausoleum, surrounded by stone walls and wrought iron fencing. The property blooms with color in the spring and is well cared for during the fall and winter months. Since the early 1930s, staff at the cemetery has offered compassionate and caring services to area residents in their treatment and regard for loved ones. Today, they continue to strive to meet the multicultural and multi-denominational all needs of the surrounding community. For decades, staff at Gethsemane Cemetery and Crematory has offered a variety of options and locations for the interment of loved ones. Generations of Detroit families are buried here, carrying on rich family traditions of Detroit and surrounding community residents. Actually located in Highland Park, a suburb of Detroit, the cemetery also serves the needs of nearby Highland Park, Grosse Pointe Park, St. Clair and Royal Oak. Located just northeast of downtown Detroit near the banks of Lake St. Clair, the cemetery property may be reached by taking Interstate 94 (also known as Edsel Ford Freeway) with a northbound turnoff onto County Route 3, or Gratiot Avenue. The property is located near the Coleman A. Young International Airport and is sheltered on three sides by Connor Street, Gratiot Avenue and French Road. |