The garden continues to provide a beautiful and dignified resting place for the cremains of our departed members and a peaceful spot for loved ones to reflect and meditate. The Memorial Garden/Columbarium was dedicated November 24, 2013. The memorial garden and the structures themselves have been lovingly cared for by family members of the individuals who are honored and remembered in this peaceful place.

There are currently 21 niches that are in use or reserved in the Columbarium, up 4 since last year, and 13 plaques have been placed on the memorial wall, up one from last year. The existing columbaria structure contains 50 niches in which 29 niches are yet unassigned, and the memorial wall has spaces for 42 plaques on which 29 spaces are available. Each niche will hold the Cremains of 1 or 2 loved ones. The Memorial Garden has room for 50 more niches to be added to the backside of the existing structure. Two additional columbaria structures could be added to the garden when needed, and the wall structure around the columbarium has room for mounting multiple additional plaque areas.

The Garden is self-sustaining, and receives no funds from Spirit of Joy’s General Fund.

There is a brochure describing the Memorial Garden. Click below to view the brochure.

Columbarium and Memorial Garden