Sunset Memorial Park is one of the most beautiful memorial parks in Minnesota, offering visitors an impressive sense of dignity, respect, and pride, offering Minneapolis residents and surrounding community's one of the most tranquil, well maintained and designed cemeteries in the state. Funerals, burials and cremations offered at Sunset Memorial Park meet the multi-denominational and cultural needs of Minneapolis and surrounding communities. One of the oldest landmarks on the property is the Community Mausoleum, which offers not only memorial services, but single and companion niche arrangements and full crypt entombments. Built in 1926, the Community Mausoleum is fronted by a gorgeous pond, and fabulous architecture that evokes a sense of strength and protection. The property also offers a Chapel Of Peace Mausoleum and a Chapel Of Angels Mausoleum, the exterior wall of which is reserved for public servants and honored veterans. Sunset Memorial Park also offers outdoor mausoleums and tombs that may be custom designed to suit private family wishes and needs. Structures designed with granite, bronze doors, and stained glass enable grieving family members to honor and perpetuate the memory of their loved ones in dignity and grace. The sprawling acres, green lawns and beautiful shade trees scattered throughout the property offer visitors a view of above-ground and flush-to-ground vaults, memorials, crypts, and headstones. Ponds, fountains, and sculptured trees, shrubs and floral arrangements enhance the beauty of the grounds and guarantee that groundskeepers as well as staff take pride in offering Minneapolis residents the best in memorial care. Sunset Memorial Park, located in Hennepin County, is the final resting place of many area politicians, founders, and sports figures, including University of Minnesota football coach Bernie Bierman, Frank Kahler, member of the U.S. Hockey Hall Of Fame, as well as local and state congressman and governors. Located slightly northeast of downtown Minneapolis, Sunset Memorial Park is within a few minute's drive of the University of Minnesota, and may be accessed via Interstate 35W or State Route 36, with a turnoff on either St. Anthony's Blvd. or New Brighton Road. Surrounded by golf courses, country clubs and lakes and ponds, Sunset Memorial Park is one of the most beautiful cemeteries in the Minneapolis area and offers access to accommodations, transportation and dining for visitors. |