Cemeteries

Gleichen Cemetery

The Gleichen Cemetery is located on the north end of Gleichen on the east side of Highway 547.  Click HERE for a map.

Gleichen Cemetery is a historic area that evolved into the combining of three cemeteries which are the:

1. Gleichen Catholic
2. Gleichen Community
3. Eventide

The Gleichen cemetery offers a range of alternatives for final disposition to meet the special desires of the public. Some of the options are:

• Field of Honour for deceased veterans and their spouses of the Canadian Armed Forces
• Interment sections for caskets or urns, traditional burials in one lot can contain two caskets with up to six cremations.
• Above ground cremation interment in the Columbarium up to two urns per niche.

Columbarium arrangements are conducted by the Wheatland Funeral Home 403-934-4404.

Rosebud Cemetery

Located on the hill overlooking the Rosebud valley, north of Rosebud off of Highway 840. Click HERE for a map.

Available options:

• Interment sections for caskets or cremation urns.
• Above ground cremation interment in the Columbarium up to two urns per niche.

Purchases

All lot and monument permit purchases can be completed at the Wheatland County Office Address 242006 Range Road 243 Highway 1 Phone 403-934-3321.

Gleichen Columbarium purchases and arrangements please contact the Wheatland Funeral Home 403-934-4404 

Fees

Cemetery lot resident $600.00

Cemetery lot non-resident $1,200.00

Gleichen Columbarium niche -Resident $600.00 Nonresident $1,200.00

Rosebud Columbarium niche -Resident $800.00 Nonresident $1,600.00

Monument Permit $50.00

Cemetery Maintenance

Leaving flowers and mementos on a grave lot is a common way for family and friends to honour loved ones. Cemetery Services respect and understand the need that families have to leave these offering.

To ensure neatness and to preserve the beauty of the cemeteries, the Caretaker shall have supervision of wreaths, flowers and other removable mementos and objects placed upon graves and lots and when, in the Caretaker’s opinion, it is necessary or desirable to remove the same, the Caretaker shall do so. If the Caretaker considers the article to have any value, the Caretaker shall notify the lot owner, where possible, of the fact, giving such lot owner the right within 28 days to call for and take the same away; and after the lapse of 30 days from mailing such notice, or after 30 days where not notice can be given, the same may be destroyed. Wreaths, etc. must conform to the good general appearance of the cemetery.

Markers

All monuments, foundations or memorial tablets must have a monument permit, and lot located for placement has been identified, to ensure proper placement.

Trees, Shrubs, and Flower Planting

The planting of any trees, shrubs, or flowers is strictly prohibited and will be removed by the Caretaker.