CEMETERIES

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EAST CEMETERY  
(FORMERLY NAMED THE "NORWEIGAN,
"SCANDANAVIAN" AND "LUTHERAN"):
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 1658 FRANKFORT HWY
  FRANKFORT MI 49635        

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 NORTH CEMETERY
 1511 PILGRIM HWY 
​ FRANKFORT MI 49635​

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SEXTON: robert wilkinson
​CEMETERY ADMINISTRATOR: Amy ferris ~ 231-352-9791 ext. 1

Cemetery Links & Information:​

• Helpful Check List
• Cemetery Ordinance
• Cemetery Plot and Burial Fees (new as of April 1st, 2024)
• Foundation Fees (new as of Feb 1st, 2025)​

Photographs of Headstones as of 2004

• East
• North​​

East Cemetery Maps:

• East Cemetery Overview Map

          Individual Plots:

• Block 1
• Block 2
• Block 3
• Block 4
• Block 5
• Block 6
• Block 7
• ​Block 8
• ​Block 9
• Block 10
• Block 11
• Block 12
• Block 13
• Block 14
• Block 15
• Block 16
• Block 17
• Block 18
• Block 19
• Block 20

​North Cemetery Maps:

• Bird's Eye View
• Memorial Woods
• Section H Ridge
• Sections J, K, L​​ ​

CLICK HERE: To Find a Grave in Michigan
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VETERANS:
The township honors the veterans of the United States Armed Forces by being the sole and steady providers of American Flags on the graves of honorable discharged veterans of record. Please respect this duty that the township staff and volunteers take full responsibility for. The township alone shall post for display the American flags from approximately Memorial Day through Veterans' Day.  Thank you for your cooperation in this endeavor. 

Benzie County Office of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Burial & Memorial
​Benefits from National Cemetery Admin
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PLASTIC FREE DECORATIONS:
​Only organic decorations are allowed in our cemeteries.  That means, please, no plastic pots, no artificial flowers, no signs, no sculpted figurines, no banners, or any other such additions to the gravesites.

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ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY "GREEN" BURIALS 

Did you know you can pour one's ashes directly into the earth at Crystal Lake Township cemeteries?  Or that you need not be embalmed or in a steel coffin? Consider a "green burial."  Find out more details by exploring the internet or by reading below.

“You are made up of 84 minerals, 23 elements and 8 gallons of water divided by 38 billion cells.
You were built from nothing by the spare parts of the earth you consumed, according to a set of instructions hidden in a double helix small enough to be carried by a sperm cell.
You are made of recycled butterflies, plants, rocks, streams, firewood, wolf skins and shark teeth broken into their smallest parts and rebuilt into the most complex living thing on our planet."

We recommend you speak to your funeral service provider or google "biodegradable coffins" (or some similar phrase) for exploring possibilities of not embalming. 

• ​Green Burial Information 
• Article on Human Composting

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​CLEANING MONUMENTS: Click to see how.
Some prefer the look of the old gravestones, replete with moss, lichen
and dirt.  Other folks would like their  gravestone periodically cleaned and made  more readable.  We recommend no chemical solutions, as they are totally unnecessary purchases.  Just water, a  scraper and a stiff brush with some of your self-supplied energy will do the trick.

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CEMETERY COMMITTEE:
​Amy Ferris - Board Representative and Cemetery Administrator
supervisor@cltbenzie.org
231-352-9791 ext 1

Jill Marble - Representing North Cemetery
[email protected]
231-352-9791 ext 2

Hugh Walton - Representing North Cemetery

Sondra Halliday -Representing East Cemetery
[email protected]
231-352-9791 ext 3