Everytime I come here it is always so clean and the grass is nicely manicured!! This is my peaceful…read moreplace to just talk to my grandma and just listen the planes go by or hear the geese.

I would like to take a moment to tell you about the manager Bob at Hillside Cemetry My mom bought…read moreplots when my dad passed in 1982. At 66 I'm deciding along with my siblings where our final resting place will be. I never met a man who went out of his way to discuss all our options in an EXTREME, Courteous, Friendly,and Knowledgeable manor. The grounds are extremely well kept and the staff in the office could not have been nicer. The Value of the plots purchased in 1982 were certainly the best investment my mother had made it such a difficult time. Thank You Hillside Cemetery for employing a commendable Manager!!

As a local funeral director for the past nine years, I've had the honor of working alongside many…read moreoutstanding funeral and cemetery professionals. Among them, one individual consistently rises above the rest--Paula Gervasi. Paula G. has been an exceptional partner in serving our community with care, dignity, and compassion. Her unwavering commitment to helping families through some of their most difficult moments is truly remarkable. I have complete confidence that when I refer a family to Paula G., they will be treated with the utmost respect and receive the highest level of service. Whether you are planning ahead or facing an immediate need, Paula Gervasi is the trusted, compassionate professional you want by your side. I cannot recommend her highly enough.

My beloved family members are at this cemetery. The headstones are always covered, with over grown…read moregrass, as well as the headstones sunk in. With the amount of money spent to bury and to put the headstone in, it should be better taken care of. Some of the office staff are extremely rude, not what to expect from a cemetery. I would not recommend or refer anyone here

I highly recommend Bailey Funeral home in Mendham. Everyone we dealt with was kind, helpful,…read morecompassionate, and expert in the details of everything involved for my father-in-law, including tasks and activities related to him being a veteran as well as a long-time volunteer with the local fire department. We felt so well cared for, from beginning to end, and deeply appreciated how well organized and orchestrated everything was. At times of grief and loss, it means a lot to be able to lean on the experts, and we felt that Tom and the entire staff went above and beyond in everything they did.

I highly recommend Bailey Funeral home! During such a horrific time in mine and my sisters life…read more Kathy,Tom and Rebecca were amazing. They went above and beyond to help me and my family with the burial Of my precious father. The service was so beautiful, and Rebbecca read the eulogy as if she knew my father with such warmth heartfelt.

On Friday, February 6, 2026, my family laid to rest my dear sister, resting in peace next to her…read morebeloved husband. Driving into the cemetery, after a rather long, arduous drive on parkway north, we entered a beautiful, peaceful catholic cemetery.. so lovely, I thought. Unfortunately, I had to deal with two women working in the cemetery office. As we approached the counter, the workers took their sweet time to address us. Then unfortunately, this troll-like woman, whom I believe was Lydia, rummaged through our paperwork with much distain and rudeness. She was without a doubt, the most ignorant, and despicable person I unfortunately had to encounter. Believe me, these were especially trying times for myself and family. However, the other employee came to the counter and resolved the issue, which I might add, was caused by their office giving the funeral director of Evergreen Funeral Home, Middletown,NJ., incorrect or not specific requirements needed for the paperwork. Here's a thought Lydia, if you are so unhappy being employed by the Archdiocese, Gate of Heaven Cemetery, in which you deal with bereaved families , you should seek employment more suitable to your demeanor and personality...such as a garbage depot. ja

Want to say "Thank You" to Father Joe, the new Chaplain at the cemetery. When I dropped by the…read moreMausoleum to say a prayer in the chapel I noticed a table set up near the entrance where Father Joe had a sign introducing himself as the Chaplain, offering to say a prayer for those whose names could be written on paper provided and asking visitors to take one of the crosses on a mirror on the table. I planned to return to the Mausoleum after visiting the graves of my relatives to get a cross before leaving. While I was at the gravesite of a loved one, a car pulled up and Father Joe introduced himself. He requested that I write a name down of a loved one who he could pray for and he gave me a Holy Spirit Pin to hold onto. He felt like so genuine a human being and meeting him lifted my spirits and felt so comforting. Father Joe seems like a truly welcome addition to Gate of Heaven and it is so wonderful to personally experience how he is making himself available for spiritual guidance to visitors

After 16 years of bringing flowers to my Father, and after a history here since 1930, to abruptly…read moredecide mourners cannot bring fresh flowers is unempethetic, rude, disrespectful... How timely to institute an artificial flowers only rule, while offering a gift shop to accommodate this. Seasonal floral arrangements available soon.... They'll be recycled I assume. It's all about $$$ Gnats? Give me a break. Have your staff deal with drying flowers or institute a 24-48 hr window-bring flowers, they will be disposed of in that time frame If I could have broken the glass, I'd have taken my father out of there today.

After my late father's surprise passing away, we were surprised by this part of the process, his…read morefinal burial place. We had the loose idea he wanted to keep it simple for his surviving family members and to be near the kids, me, so we naturally chose SHMP whose local reputation across decades is well known for reliable, respectful, and professional administration. I can after buying 2 niches (these are burial spots in a columbarium which is for urns whereas a mausoleum is for caskets), say the staff here are so totally gentle, gracious, fair, and understanding. The immense many emotions which surround the such are complex, but our initial outreach with coordinator Ennio is beyond reproach with his deep personal empathy and big heart for all patrons' human stories. Gina W. the administrator is totally on par with all the many paperwork and regulatory bits which could be a drag but she makes it all aplomb with a kind heart. The property and all its details are so thoughtfully decorated. All maintenance and facilities are so highly done as to instill high confidence. We chose the "Clearview" niches which have a clear view of the ground soutside, as the name implies. The famously beautiful views from the hills of Ridge across the Watchung Mountains towards the south and west are childhood faves for me and lifelong faves for my father so we are so totally comforted that he shall forever look out to the beloved area. It means a lot to us that the staff exhibit the care to make the view happen with perfect beauty daily. Thank you to all the staff for so much compassion and care for our father's resting place. We visit regularly to accompany him and also to enjoy his new surroundings together.

whigham funeral home deserves a 5 star rating. their professionalism, compassion, and expertise is…read moreexemplary. the gentle care, understanding, empathy. and service shown to our family was such a comfort during our time of bereavement.

Excellent customer service!!!!! They seem to be very sympathetic and kind. Terry responds quickly.read more

The Bloomfield Cemetery is a treasure trove of history and a beautiful place. Reading some of the…read moreinscriptions on old gravestones really gives one pause. We are so fortunate to be beyond the days when so many children died at an early age.

This cemetery was my 1st exposure to the practice of some cemeteries, usually Catholic ones…read more(although that's changed a lot since I 1st came here), of putting an enameled portrait of the deceased on the gravestone, and it has fascinated me ever since. When we moved to Bernardsville, I was a young teen, and I rode down here on my bicycle to check it out. In those days, it was much smaller and was surrounded by woods (the corporate complex...at 1 time AT&T, then I believe an insurance company, and now it might be something else... adjoining it currently was still just a gleam in a developer's eye back then). It was a quietly rural burial ground then, but I was mesmerized by the pictures on the stones of people long dead-- young men in tuxedos, beautiful young ladies, older people, and... most poignantly...small children. I remember being fascinated by 1 particular black-and-white photo of a boy who had died in 1925...just a year or 2 younger when he passed away, whether through accident or illness I would never know, than I was then as I stood there in the cold wintry afternoon air. At that time, I knew no one, and I didn't visit this cemetery often, as it was just another example, to me, of my "alien" status, of being "outside the circle," perpetual stranger. More so than I had ever felt in Wayne. I wasn't Catholic, was friendless (with the exception of a few I had left behind in Wayne), and spent my 1st few years in the area as a kind of teen ghost (didn't help that I was exceedingly awkward and anti-social). Slowly, I began to make friends, became acclimated to my new environment, at least partially emerged from my self-created cocoon. Inevitably, I became familiar with people who would occupy a permanent position in these hallowed grounds. A classmate committed suicide and was buried here. Two identical twins I developed a friendly acquaintanceship with are buried here (they both died of cancer within a few months of each other). A friend's mother, dead of cancer. A neighbor. My science teacher (I remember liking him, but he could be stern; once, when I got a D on a paper, I said, channeling Cheech & Chong, "Hey, man, how come I got a D? I was expecting a C minus at least!" He replied, in a booming voice, "DON'T EVER CALL ME MAN!" and proceeded to deliver a blistering lecture on classroom etiquette that had me wishing I could melt away into my chair and disappear). One of my 1st friends in Bernardsville, who was actually starting to get on top of his problems and addictions before a fatal heart attack felled him in his early 30s. A classmate who shot up with a dirty needle and died of AIDS. The father of a friend who was a sweetheart of a guy. A beautiful neighbor my age who didn't know I existed while I lived in the neighborhood. I met her a few years later at a wedding, and she was, surprisingly, very friendly and welcoming to me. I thought, "I guess I've finally arrived; the geeky teen is gone for good." Unfortunately, I knew she had a problem with alcohol and she died way too young. (When I told a friend of how unexpectedly friendly she had been to me at the wedding, he drolly...and unkindly... replied, "She must have been REALLY drunk that night!"). My friend Joe, whose funeral I wrote about some months ago. The small rural cemetery I initially encountered decades ago has been transformed. There's the former AT&T complex on 1 side of it, a large community mausoleum on the other. It doesn't make me uncomfortable now, I don't feel so "strange" or "alien." Friends, teachers, classmates, neighbors-- people I've known, and loved, are buried here. Despite the changes the years have wrought, it's still a quiet, holy and restorative place, a place for mourning, remembering and quiet reflection on the mysteries of life and death. I have 1 caveat to offer. Recently, I've driven by a few times, and there's a huge poster facing Mt. Airy Rd. extolling the late Charlie Kirk and his Turning Point organization. I'm not 100% certain it's actually on cemetery property, but it left a bad taste in my mouth. Kirk's death was a tragedy, and anyone who suggests differently is missing some essential portion of their humanity. But he was, at the very least, an overt racist. If this poster was actually put up by the Catholic Church, do they really suggest that Kirk was someone to extol and emulate? All I can say is-- if I happened to be a black Catholic looking for a burial spot, and I arrived at Holy Cross and saw that placard/poster, I'd most assuredly turn my car around and drive away, looking for a more amenable and welcoming place to spend eternity. If they're not responsible for that placard-- my sincerest apologies. If they are--- well, they really, REALLY should consider taking it down. I'm familiar enough with Catholicism to know that large segments of it can be as conservative and rigid and doctrinaire as evangelical Protestantism, if not even more so, but...just my 2 cents...it's not a good look.