The Garland Cemetery

Where Memories Live on, Forever

P. O. Box 756
Clarkson, NY 14430
View of the Garland Cemetery's from the Main Road

The Garland Cemetery is a peaceful resting place that provides families a meaningful place to memorialize those departed from them. The interment of the remains of loved ones have taken place at The Garland Cemetery since the 1800's. Read more about our legacy

The Garland Cemetery lies on 22 acres of land in the Town of Clarkson. It is located at 7743 Ridge Road (Rte 104) on the South side between Rte 19 (Lake Road) and Rte 260 (Sweden Walker Road). Find directions to the Garland Cemetery.

The grounds are beautifully maintained by a caretaker under the leadership of a nine member Board of Trustees (all caring members of the surrounding community). The Board of Trustees meet three times a year and the public is invited to attend. These meetings focus primarily on improving the grounds and services offered. View improvements made over the years.

The cemetery is governed by the NYS Department of State, Division of Cemeteries.

Burial Options

We have a range of settings in the Garland Cemetery, and we provide both cremation and full coffin burials. We have recently added a Columbarium for cremation inurnments. Each Niche in the Columbarium can hold two cremation Urns. interments and cremation only inurnments. Choosing the type of burial you need to honor a friend, family member, or yourself is a very personal decision. Carefully weigh your options and select the one that best suits your needs and goals. Learn more

Review our Current Rules and Regulations

To Purchase a Lot/Niche: Call Evenings & Weekends
View Garland Cemetery's Lot and Niche Purchase Phone Number 585-966-9413 or
View Garland Cemetery's Lot and Niche Purchase Phone Number 585-755-7030

For Funeral Arrangements View Garland Cemetery's Funeral Arrangements Phone Number Call: 585-755-7731

Contact our Caretaker View Garland Cemetery's Caretaker Phone Number Call: 585-455-0193

Locate a Grave Locate loved one(s) interred in our cemetery

Local Services Find for information on local funeral parlors, monuments, and stone suppliers and services

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Garland Cemetery Stone Marker near the Entrance

About Us

The Garland Cemetery was first known as the East Clarkson Cemetery. It was the second cemetery to be established in the Town of Clarkson. Ely Hannibal, a farmer and Free Will Baptist preacher, was the founder of the cemetery. He purchased 100 acres for $100 from the Town of Clarkson in 1816 and donated a parcel of this property for the cemetery. The cemetery also received land from Bates, Crary, Freeman, Ferris, and Moore families. Other local farmers donated corners of their adjoining properties to form this final resting place for their families. They all worked together using teams of horses to remove hedges, smooth ground, and create roadways. Thus a proper cemetery was built providing a lasting and meaningful memorial for families to hold onto connections with lost loved ones.

View the Installation of the Garland Cemetery Marker Stone

Historical Dates

View the Garland Cemetery New Flag Pole
  • March 18, 1868 - cemetery was incorporated as the East Clarkson Cemetery Association
  • 1894 - endowment and savings funds were established
  • 1903 - a general endowment fund was formed for the permanent maintenance of the cemetery
  • 1906 - more ground was purchased to arrange for suitable fences and to beautify the property with gates
  • 1910 - the first woman trustee was elected
  • August 28, 1928 - a trust agreement was established with Security Trust Co. to act as agents to manage the permanent maintenance funds and the trust continues today with Bank of America
  • March 16, 1929 - sixty-three lot owners voted to change the name of the cemetery to the Garland Cemetery Association and raise the number of trustees from three to nine
  • June 7, 1940 - the Garland Cemetery Association Inc. received a certificate of reincorporation from the State of New York directed under the Membership Corporation Law of the State
See Garland Cemetery's Large Crypt

Improvements over the Years

  • The vault was built in 1923 and refurbished in 2016
  • Road improvements were done in 1924, 1935, 1959, and 2017
  • West drive was added in 1964
  • Land west of the farthest drive was leveled in 1974 for future burial sites
  • Metal barn built in 1973
  • Garland Cemetery Monument added to the front of the cemetery in 2007. The Hale Monument Company of Brockport, owned by Maureen Reding at that time, donated the monument
  • The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #2890 of Brockport in 2007 donated the flagpole
  • The Veterans of Foreign Wars donated the Veterans monument in 2008. Also donating to this monument was the children of WWII veteran Charley Truelson
  • The Veterans Association Ladies Auxiliary Unit #379 donated the bench at the Veterans monument in 2010.
  • Old pillars and fence removed from the front of the property in 2015 and new pillars and knee walls added to the entrance driveways
  • Columbarium installed in 2023
View an Old Tombstone in the Garland Cemetery
A view of Garland Cemetery's Section 3 from the Maintenance Barn

Burial Options

Ground Interments

All ground interment sections at The Garland Cemetery are beautifully landscaped with developed trees and gentle hills. The Garland Cemetery allows two interments on each plot, one full and one cremation or two cremations. All full interments require a concrete or metal burial vault. The purchase of a vault will be taken care of with your chosen Funeral Director. The use of a vault for cremation interments is your choice.

Columbarium Inurnments

The Columbarium at The Garland Cemetery is located in the front of the cemetery, easily seen from Route 104 (Ridge Road). The area around it is beautifully landscaped and the background has mature trees and gentle hills. Each "Niche", the storage drawer of the Columbarium, can hold 2 cremated remains. The front of each "Niche" has an area for engraving. There is an area available to plant flowers to memorialize loved ones.

Plots, Foundations, & Stones

Burial Plots $600.00

Cremation Plots $350.00

Headstone Foundation $45.00/Cubic Foot

($270 Minimum)

Veteran Stone $150.00

Burials

Full Burial
Weekdays before 2PM $550.00
Weekdays after 2PM $850.00
Saturdays $850.00
Sundays and Holidays $950.00
Cremation Burial
Weekdays before 2PM $350.00
Weekdays after 2PM $650.00
Saturdays $650.00
Sundays and Holidays $750.00

Columbarium

Niche Pricing
Bottom Two Rows $850.00
Top Two Rows $950.00
Niche Engraving
Single Urn $175.00
Two Urns $225.00

Urn Placements

Single Urn
Weekdays before 2PM $200.00
Weekdays after 2PM $500.00
Saturdays $500.00
Sundays and Holidays $600.00
Two Urns
Weekdays before 2PM $300.00
Weekdays after 2PM $600.00
Saturdays $600.00
Sundays and Holidays $700.00

For Veterans

For all US Veterans, the family has four options to memorialize their loved ones service. The options include a vertical headstone, a flat stone, or a bronze plaque which comes in two different sizes. All of these options are available at no cost from the Office of Veterans Affairs. The Funeral Director you choose will go over these options with you when planning the funeral as well as what services are available to provide a Military Burial. The only cost that will be incurred is the pouring of a concrete footer for the headstone or flat stone choices.

View of the Garland Cemetery's Section 5 Looking South

Local Businesses

Funeral Parlors

Gravesite Monuments and Stones

For Headstone cleaning services contact any of the Monument companies for info

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