Riverview Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware

Friends of Historic Riverview Cemetery
P.O. Box 2173
Wilmington, DE 19899
(302) 762-4705

Riverview Cemetery

     Riverview Cemetery, a Victorian garden cemetery, opened in1872 and consists of 87 acres on both sides of Market Street. There are 36,000 people interred here and space for another 20,000 burials.
     Riverview Cemetery's mission has always been to provide a dignified and affordable final resting place for loved ones regardless of social, ethnic, religious and economic backgrounds.
     In recent years the conditions at Riverview Cemetery have deteriorated. But that will slowly change as the "The Friend's of Historic Riverview Cemetery" are in the process of cleaning up the cemetery in hopes of restoring it to its original glory!

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Please note the following fees associated with Cemetery Operations:

Purchase of New Plot   -   $1,000.00
Burial ( casket or cremains )   -   $500.00
Headstone, Grave Marker, Monument Placement   -   $75.00
Genealogy Look Up (suggested donation)   -   $10.00 per individual name or $25.00 for an entire surname

Upcoming Events:

Spring Bare Root Tree Planting - Saturday, March 21, 2009 from 10 am to 12 noon with lunch available afterwards. Learn to plant trees the “Bare Root” way. This process eliminates the heavy balls of dirt and plastic containers. The trees are lighter and easier to manage. Join other volunteers to help us plant trees that will beautify a local historic cemetery and improve the environment.

Arbor Day - April - TBD

FHRC Annual Meeting at the VFW Hall - April 27, 2009 Location: 313 Brandywine Blvd. Wilmington DE 19809. By-laws will be posted on the website. Please join us!

Memorial Day Service - May 30, 2009 Veterans from all wars will be honored. Location: Under the flag poles on the west side. Contact Tedd Cocker to help at teecee62@comcast.net.

Special Links of Interest

We invite you to check out our links noted below:

"Our past newsletters"

"Riverview Cemetery Facts"

"Veterans Interred in Riverview" - NEW - ( List currently being worked on.... incomplete )

"People of Interest Interred in Riverview" - NEW - ( List currently being worked on.... incomplete )

"Delaware Community Foundation" - ( make donations to Riverview Cemetery and many others )

"Timestone Press" - ( A book by Dr. Lee Anderson on Riverview Cemetery and the personal memories of those interred there )

Not a Member of FHRC ??

We invite you to join the "Friends of Historic Riverview Cemetery". We believe that together we can restore and preserve this historic and much-loved cemetery. For a form please click on the option of your choice below:

"Click Here" for Word Format

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You can also join or get more info by emailing: riverviewfriends@gmail.com

The Riverview Cemetery website was created and is maintained by:
Russ Pickett
Page Last Updated: 4/28/2009