Mt Olivet Cemetery

Nowak) KLIS - Helena M. (nee Nowak)Of North Tonawanda, Saturday, July 28, 2018, wife of the late Jan M. Klis; devoted mother of Celine (Jack) McHale, Edward (Ann) Klis, Gerald Klis and Thaddeus (Debbie) Klis; loving grandmother of Julianne (John) Spatz and Diana Andersen and Angela Klis and Mark (Suzie) Klis; great-grandmother of Evan, Colton, Vanna, Mack, Rosalyn and Julia; dear sister of Czeslawa (late Josef) Pilecki, Stanislawa (late Wladyslaw) Mecner, Eugeniusz (late Betty) Nowak and the late Katarzyna Nowak and the late Janina (late Jan) Pachowski; also survived by many nieces and nephews. Family will be present to greet relatives and friends on WEDNESDAY, August 1st, from 4-8 PM at the SABER FUNERAL HOME, 549 Oliver St., North Tonawanda (692-0271) where prayers will be offered Thursday at 9 AM followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at Our Lady of Czestochowa Church (Oliver St.) at 9:30 AM. Entombment Epiphany Chapel Mausoleum Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Flowers graciously declined. Memorial gifts may be made in Helena's honor to O.L.C. Church.Funeral Home: Saber Funeral Home ...

It is the largest tax funded cemetery in the world.The city’s Department of Corrections maintains and operates the island, and its prisoners bury the anonymous bodies. Visitors are welcome just once a month.It’s examples like Hart Island that motivate Al Hooper and John Miller at Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery to take even greater care of the unclaimed after they pass away.“We’re an extension of the arm of the archbishop, doing the corporal work of mercy of burying the dead and the spiritual work of praying for the dead,” said Miller, Outreach Coordinator for the Catholic Funeral and Cemetery Services of northern Colorado.… it’s safe to say that at least in the Denver metro area, we’re the only cemetery that will take indigent persons — most of the time for free”That’s why if the county reaches out to Mount Olivet in Denver when they have a homeless person with no known family who passed away, the cemetery buries them at little to no charge.“I think it’s safe to say that at least in the Denver metro area, we’re the only cemetery that will take indigent persons — most of the time for free,” said Miller.Not only does the cemetery accept the unknown, but it also houses a Crypt of All Souls, located inside a mausoleum, that offers reserved crypt space for families who cannot afford a burial plot. The cemetery places the cremated remains within the crypt at little to no cost.“For me, this is hope,” said Hooper, Director of the Office of Social Ministry for the archdiocese. “This is what the faith is about. What do we need Easter for if it isn’t this?“It’s just wonderfully hopeful,” he said.Mount Olivet offers Mass each first Friday of the month in the mortuary chapel. Some families have attended the Mass for years, said Miller.“It’s just one of the spiritual works of mercy that happens [here],” he said.For Hooper, the merciful services offered through Denver’s Catholic cemeteries show “how healing...