Cemeteries

Cemeteries are an essential element in our communities, no less important than markets, shops, roads, housing, police and fire protection.  Churches are essential for community worship; schools educate our children; libraries nourish learning and hospitals care for the ill as well as assist in bringing new citizens into the world.

The cemetery is a real part of the whole family life-cycle of the community it serves.  Cemeteries are spiritual as well as historical with roots over 200 years old.  Not a competitive enterprise for profit, cemeteries are mainly a public service.

The feeling of the countless families who will lose someone dear to them have a large claim on us who have the responsibility of operating and maintaining their cemeteries.

Care for loved ones who have passed away is not only a necessity, it is a sacred privilege.  To provide an adequate, well maintained place for those loved ones is our constant challenge.

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Cemeteries in the Town of Orange:

South Cemetery – Cemetery Headquarters Office

585 South Main Street – Rt. 122

Established 1923

Central Cemetery

End of Grove Street

Established early 1800′s

West Orange Cemetery

Rt. 2A – three miles west of Orange center

Established early 1800′s

Holtshire Cemetery

Corner of Holtshire and Chestnut Hill Road at Lake Mattawa

Established 1700′s (formerly of the Town of New Salem)

Jones Cemetery

Jones Cemetery Road – off Wheeler Avenue

Established early 1800′s

North Orange Cemetery

Main Street – North end of Wheeler Avenue

Established late 1700′s

Tully Cemetery

Warwick Road – at the base of Tully Mountain

Established early 1800′s