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Cemetery Requirements & Charges
Administration Fee & Interment Charges
Often referred to as "Opening & Closing" costs, these fees include: a graveside or chapel Committal Service, regulatory fees paid by the cemetery, staff time, office overhead and record filing fees.
Interments are Monday - Friday, with burial times of 8:30am, 10:30am, 12:30pm and 2:30pm.
Saturday Services are currently not available.
Administration Fee - $475
For all/any Interments
Interment Charges
- Casket Ground Burial Interment - $660
- Casket Entombment (Crypt Interment) - $345
- Casket Green Burial Interment - $735
- Cremation Ground Burial Interment - $265
- Cremation Niche Interment - $210
- Infant Grave in Infant Section Interment - $55
Outer Burial Container Requirements
Each in-ground interment has a unique outer burial container option and is required at both Mt. Calvary & Gethsemani Catholic Cemeteries, excluding the St. Francis Green Burial section of Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Portland.
Casket Ground Outer Burial Containers
Mt. Calvary & Gethsemani Catholic Cemeteries require caskets to be placed in an outer burial container in all sections of our Cemeteries aside from the St. Francis Green Burial Section of Mt. Calvary, to avoid the ground settling over time due to air space in caskets.
Concrete Grave Liners are the simplest outer burial containers and they meet our minimum requirement - see image below.
Concrete Vaults are plastic-lined, reinforced concrete containers that help protect the casket from elements found in-ground.
Scroll through the images below to see an example of a Monticello Vault and a diagram of a vault.
Funeral homes also sell outer burial containers and you can purchase them from any source as long as they meet our requirements. Please keep in mind that the cemeteries purchase vaults and liners in large quantities from the manufacturers, and unlike some suppliers, we can set them in place with our own staff and equipment. This usually means a cost savings for the families we serve.
Outer burial containers are not required, or used in either our St. Francis Green Burial Section or in our mausoleums.
Cremation Ground Burial Containers
Mt. Calvary & Gethsemani Catholic Cemeteries require that all cremated remains interred in the ground must be in a retrievable plastic or concrete outer burial container. There are two options for in ground cremation burials: cremation liners or urn vaults. If an urn made of metal, wood, glass or ceramic is chosen for interment, a plastic or concrete cremation liner designated by a manufacturer for ground burial will be required for that urn.
Urn vaults, a combination urn/outer burial container, can also be used since these are designed to be placed directly into the ground and are generally aesthetically pleasing and appropriate for a Funeral Mass. A Plastic Cremation Liner (only available in white) costs $160, while urn-vaults range in price from $250 to $740. Below are the four different options we offer at our cemeteries.
Memorialization - Granite Markers, Monuments, Inscriptions, Name Bars & Cenotaphs
Memorialization at our cemeteries is optional, therefore not required by Mt. Calvary & Gethsemani Catholic Cemeteries.
Options and pricing will vary with the type of property, your cemetery counselors are trained to help you select both standard and custom designs that are personalized and cost effective.
Flat Granite Markers are the most common type of memorialization at our cemeteries.
Portland
Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery
333 SW Skyline Blvd,
Portland, OR 97221
