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Cemetery director reports rising cremation rates, plans prairie burn and security upgrades
Summary
Waukesha's cemetery director reported 2025 services rose to 189 and cremation-related services increased to 58%. Staff plan a spring prairie burn with Midwest Prairies, added conduit for future cameras, and scheduled several CIP projects including tuckpointing and a veterans tribute garden target for Memorial Day.
Karen, the cemetery director, told the Waukesha Cemetery Commission on Feb. 9 that the cemetery's services rose to 189 in 2025 and that cremation-related services made up 58% of those, up from about 50% the prior year. "We are seeing the need for cremation options growing," she said, noting the U.S. average cited in the report is roughly 63%.
Karen said that 34% of property sales were for natural burial and that natural-burial services represent about 7% of overall services, signaling growing local interest in both cremation and green-burial options. "So…
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