Forest Home Cemetery & Arboretum — Local services in Milwaukee

I had the most amazing day!! I came to order my Bronze Plaque for my Niche. Iris Cortes was typing the order and I asked her about my baby sister that was cremated and somewhere at Forest Home. My Father told my Mother that she was with the babies. Iris started to check found out she was in the Chapel Catacombs in the basement since 1957. She had 2 wonderful people go and bring her to me. When Iris opened the card board box there was a beautiful copper urn, it looked brand new. Iris typed a form and I could take my baby Sister home. I have my brothers ashes and now I can place them in a Niche together. Iris Cortes is a wonderful person so caring!! Forest Home is so lucky to have an employee like...

I attended the Funerary Art & Symbolism tour at Forest Home Cemetery and would absolutely recommend it to others. Equal parts educational and entertaining, our tour guide was knowledgeable and well-spoken. There’s so much fascinating information to cover and the grounds are massive (not to mention beautiful). I imagine these tours could be two to three times as long and still not come remotely close to covering everything! There’s an abundance of history here. Bring a water bottle and pack a snack, because you could spend hours exploring the cemetery...

Speaking as a tourist, not as one who used their services/has a loved one there. Cemeteries are educational, beautiful, and peaceful. So long as you're respectful and enjoy the outdoors/history, visit a good one in each city you visit. Very beautiful and interesting stones/mauseleums, and the layout is varied. Some names are confusing and definitely some vandalism (neither of those are necessarily the cemetery's fault but as a heads up). FANTASTIC self tour online, every famous cemetery should have...