Wolf Creek Cemetery Association Annual Meeting: Monday, May 6th, 7 pm, Wolf Creek Methodist Church. Public invited.
Winter burials can be almost impossible and so we try to avoid them if possible. To do a winter burial when the snow is on the ground, we have to hire a snow plow to plow the cemetery and parking area (church lot). Then we have to shovel the about 20x20 area around the grave, maybe more, to locate the exact spot from the lot corners. Then thaw the ground that is usually frozen. That means maintaining a fire above ground for several days in a closed shelter to melt the frost. The dirt removed has to be hauled away and kept in a heated garage so it won't freeze in a big pile that can't be put back in the grave. A wide path has to be shoveled in the cemetery avoiding gravestones for the vault delivery machine and then for the people coming to the graveside service. And it has to be filled in with unfrozen dirt.
In the past 5 years we have done only one burial in mid winter and that cost the family a mulitple of the normal summer $500 fee for digging a full burial.
Cremations have not been a problem as most folks just wait until nice weather to have the cemetery burial and service.
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One of the four bird waterers that keep several nesting bluebirds and tree swallows in the 9 bird houses happy during the drought. They came as part of a $500 grant from Tropical Wings to improve the cemetery bird habitat for migratory birds - 2022.
Wolf Creek Cemetery is in NW Wisconsin near the St Croix River midway between St Croix Falls and Grantsburg, Wisconsin and Lies along the old St Croix River Road in the community of Wolf Creek, WI.
The Cemetery began in 1857 when Sterling Township was only 2 years old and Polk County four.
The River Road just north of the Cemetery, Oct 2023
A driveway near the Cemetery along the River Road
The Sterling Eureka and Laketown Historical Society published a highly illustrated 360 page book on Wolf Creek history. They are for sale at the museum in Cushing as well as on Amazon or by mailing the museum SELHS, Box 755, Cushing, WI 54006. The books cost $20 plus $5 shipping with all of the profit going to the cemetery for ongoing maintenance.
Color started in late September and peaked about the 18th of October when these photos were taken
