Mount Olivet Cemetery (Milwaukee)

Established by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee in 1907, Mt. Olivet Cemetery has served the south side community of Milwaukee, Wisconsin for over 100 years. The 72-acre (290,000 m²) property holds over 27,000 in-ground burials in traditional graves and above-ground entombments and inurnments in crypts and niches.
In 2006 a mausoleum expansion project of over 2,000 new crypts and over 600 niches was announced and sales commenced.
The cemetery is located at 3801 West Morgan Avenue and is one of seven cemeteries in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee Catholic Cemeteries (AOMCC) System.

Notable Interments

John C. Brophy -politician
Laurence Gram -Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge. Judge Grahm presided over the trial of serial murderer Jeffery Dahmer
“Crazy” Jim Groh -Milwaukee area car dealer and former Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate
James Groppi -Civil rights activist
Several members of the Klement Family –Founders of Klement’s Sausage Company
George Kotze –Kotze Construction Company
Dan Lally –Major League Baseball Player
Donald “Dan” Marion –Major League Baseball Player
Stanley Sajdak -founder of Stan’s Bootery and Stan’s Fit for your Feet shoe stores in the Milwaukee Area
John Selensky -Milwaukee area restaurateur
Arthur Siemann -Milwaukee area sign maker
Leon Zietara –World War II Polish underground fighter in Tarnow, Poland

AOMCC System

All Saints Cemetery, Pleasant Prairie, WI
Calvary Cemetery, Milwaukee, WI
Holy Cross Cemetery, Milwaukee, WI
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Milwaukee, WI
Resurrection Cemetery, Mequon, WI
Saint Adalbert/Holy Trinity Cemetery, Milwaukee, WI
Saint Joseph Cemetery, Waukesha, WI

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Catholic cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee

Archdiocese of Milwaukee

Archbishops	John Henni Michael Heiss Frederick Katzer Sebastian Gebhard Messmer Samuel Stritch Moses E. Kiley Albert Gregory Meyer William Edward Cousins Rembert Weakland Timothy M. Dolan Jerome Edward Listecki

Auxiliary Bishops	Joseph Maria Koudelka Edward Kozłowski Roman Richard Atkielski Leo Joseph Brust Richard J. Sklba William P. Callahan Donald J. Hying

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist Basilicas Basilica of St. Josaphat, Milwaukee Holy Hill National Shrine of Mary, Help of Christians, Hubertus Parishes St. John Vianney Church, Brookfield St. John the Baptist Church, Johnsburg Gesu Church, Milwaukee Holy Trinity Church, Milwaukee Old St. Mary's Church, Milwaukee St. Adalbert's Church, Milwaukee St. Hedwig's Church, Milwaukee St. Stanislaus Church, Milwaukee St. Patrick's Church, Milwaukee Saints Peter and Paul Church, Milwaukee St. Vincent de Paul Church, Milwaukee St. Mary's Church, Port Washington St. Patrick's Church, Racine St. Joseph's Church, Waukesha Former St. John of God Church, Kewaskum St. Patrick's Church, Adell St. Augustine Church, Trenton Chapel St. Joan of Arc Chapel, Milwaukee

Education	Higher Education Alverno College Cardinal Stritch University Marian University Marquette University Mount Mary University Seminaries Saint Francis de Sales Seminary Sacred Heart School of Theology High Schools Burlington Catholic Central High School, Burlington Catholic Memorial High School, Waukesha Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, Milwaukee Divine Savior Holy Angels High School, Milwaukee Dominican High School, Whitefish Bay Marquette University High School, Milwaukee Messmer High School, Milwaukee Pius XI High School, Milwaukee St. Anthony High School, Milwaukee St. Catherine's High School, Racine St. Joan Antida High School, Milwaukee St. Joseph High School, Kenosha St. Lawrence Seminary High School, Mt. Calvary St. Mary's Springs Academy, Fond du Lac St. Thomas More High School, Milwaukee Former St. John's School for the Deaf

Priests	Dismas Becker Fabian Bruskewitz Kilian Caspar Flasch Raphael Michael Fliss Augustus F. Gearhard James Groppi Francis J. Haas Jerome J. Hastrich James Michael Harvey David John Malloy Aloisius Joseph Muench William Patrick O'Connor Joseph Perry Augustine Francis Schinner Charles Asa Schleck Paul Francis Tanner

Cemeteries	Calvary Cemetery, Milwaukee Mount Olivet Cemetery, Milwaukee

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