Gethsemane Cemetery
Reminiscent of its rural roots, Gethsemane Cemetery offers a quiet, serene and sacred atmosphere in the middle of suburban northeast Hennepin County.
Opened in 1961, when New Hope was in the transition from a rural to suburban community, the 80-acre cemetery is the newest of our cemeteries. Nearly 13,000 burials have taken place at Gethsemane since its founding.
Originally designed in the memorial-park cemetery style, distinguished by flat, ground-level grave markers, Gethsemane also offers sections with above-ground monuments as well as above-ground burial options.
The Gethsemane Chapel Mausoleum was opened in 1995, offering more than 1,000 crypt spaces and some 1,000 cremation niches. The carpeted year-round chapel is used for prayer, reflection and liturgical events such as committal services and other communal prayer services.
In 2007, the Gethsemane Cremation Garden opened, providing space for up to 1,000 cremation burials. The garden is designed around the theme of the five sorrowful mysteries of the rosary. At the center of the garden is a life-size bronze statue of Christ kneeling in the garden of Gethsemane.
Dedicated in 2008, the Children’s Memorial and Prayer Garden offers a focal point of ministry to bereaved parents, grandparents, relatives, friends or anyone seeking healing following the death of a child. Nestled in a pine tree grove adjacent to the Chapel Mausoleum, the Garden is a gift of Don and Linda Warner of Eden Prairie in memory of their daughter, Angela. Paving bricks that border the walkway are available for inscription to memorialize a beloved child.
More than 40 parishes in the cities of Crystal, Brooklyn Park, St. Louis Park, Minnetonka and other Hennepin County communities regularly have burials at Gethsemane. Yet Gethsemane retains an ecumenical flavor because many area residents see Gethsemane as their community cemetery. A reflection of the area’s growing diversity is a cemetery section developed in cooperation with St. Joseph Hien, a Vietnamese Catholic parish in north Minneapolis.
Each Memorial Day, Gethsemane’s Memorial Day Mass attracts hundreds of people for a morning outdoor service, followed by refreshments.
Gethsemane Cemetery is a beautiful physical home for our beloved deceased family members and friends. The mausoleum’s architecture is elegant, the inside’s floral scent is comforting, and the air is filled with melancholy, but joy. The staff are kindhearted, wonderful people assisting to the needs of the people going through their grieving period.
GETHSEMANE CEMETERY INFO
HOURS
CEMETERY GROUNDS
7 days a week, from dawn to dusk.
OFFICE HOURS
Office hours are M-F, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
ADDRESS
8151 42nd Ave. N.
New Hope, MN 55427
DIRECTIONS
From Hwy 94 in Minneapolis, exit Hwy 394 West to Hwy 169 north to Rockford Road east. Travel one mile to Xylon Ave. At stoplight turn right into cemetery.