Burial Services
- Offering a variety of options, all with a heart of compassion, from immediate need to future planning.
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- Immediate Need
- Memorialization
- Future Planning
- Above Ground Options
- Green Burial
- Cremation
- In Ground Burial
- Burial Calendar
- Veterans
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Visit
- Surrounded by world-renowned architecture and historic works of art that span centuries, Forest Home Cemetery & Arboretum is a place waiting to be explored.
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- Events and Public Tours
- Private Tours
- Self Guided Tours
- Arboretum
- Map
- Dia De Los Muertos
- Spirits of the Silent City
Our History
- Since operations started in 1850, Forest Home’s history reflects the historical changes of Milwaukee and its surrounding communities.
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- Historical Figures
About
- What do you want to know about Forest Home Cemetery and Arboretum? Find out about our history, mission and staff here.
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- Staff
- Forest Home Historic Preservation Association, Inc.
Support
- Learn about the many ways you can help further the mission of Forest Home Cemetery and Arboretum.
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- Annual Fund
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- Memorial Tree
- Legacy Giving
- Monument Preservation
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Monument-style gravestone with Celtic cross

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1950 - 2009

Melodie Wilson Oldenburg

A popular local television news anchor. Oldenburg helped found After Breast Cancer Diagnosis (ABCD), a one-on-one mentoring program for women fighting breast cancer, after her own bout with the disease.

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