.JPG?ver=2019-01-10-102342-353)
Welcome
The Queen of Heaven Cemetery is a consecrated and holy place solemnly dedicated to the Catholic belief in the dignity of the dead. The guiding principle in the operation and upkeep of our cemetery is that it is a Corporal Work of Mercy: to bury and honor the dead.
While primarily Catholic, our 15-acre cemetery provides perpetual care burial sites for people of many faiths, with beautiful, picturesque views of the Front Range mountains and Plains to the West and uninterrupted prairie vistas to the East.
Unlike some cemeteries, we do not have any city/county residency restrictions or requirements.
Queen of Heaven is located in eastern Elbert County; within a 30-minute drive of the Southern Denver Metro Area (including the communities of Elizabeth, Kiowa, Elbert, Franktown, Castle Rock, and Parker).
We are a participating member of the U.S. Catholic Cemetery Conference (CCC).
Google Map: https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/114119520666173499026/photos/@39.3637099,-104.5220643,807m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m3!8m2!3m1!1e1?hl=en-US
About Us
Most Reverend Michael J. Sheridan (Bishop of Colorado Springs) dedicated the Queen of Heaven Cemetery; the only Catholic Cemetery in the Northern Region of the Colorado Springs Diocese on November 21, 2004. It is located between the Towns of Kiowa and Elizabeth, in Elbert County. The Queen of Heaven Cemetery is a non-profit corporation within the Diocese of Colorado Springs and is registered with the State of Colorado Secretary of State.
Queen of Heaven Cemetery is comprised of 15-acres of naturally maintained grounds, located on the Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Church’s 60-acres.
The Phase One area, called St. Peter, covers 1.2 acres of the 15-acre site.
The cemetery offers three types of burial options:
- traditional in ground casket burial (interment) of human remains (single-deep only),
- in ground burial of cremated human remains (inurnment) (in our Urn Garden or a casket-style plot)*, and
- cremated human remains (inurnment) in either of our two, forty-eight (48) niche Columbariums.
(If requested and desired, the size of each niche does permits a double burial of up to 2 urns.)
( * In accord with prescribed State of Colorado law, cremains human remains must be inurned within a suitable burial container (i.e., an urn). Additionally, while some funeral services proffer an "urn vault" also, such a burial container is not required for the burial of cremated remains by the laws of the State of Colorado or the Roman Catholic Church, the Diocese of Colorado Springs, or by the established norms of this cemetery.)
The parish's Queen of Heaven Cemetery Committee oversees the day-to-day operations and future planning (e.g., lawn mowing, headstone placement, etc.). This consultative committee, in turn, regularly reports to the Pastor; who is a standing (ex-officio) member of the diocesan Queen of Heaven Cemetery Board of Directors.
An Endowment Fund (of 100% of the burial space sales) is set aside to maintain the operational and perpetual care of the cemetery grounds.
|
Grave, Urn, & Columbarium Fees
|
|
Adult Grave (5’ X 10’)
|
$2,000.00
|
|
Infant Grave (5’ X 10’)
|
$1,000.00
|
|
Infant Grave (3’ X 6’)
|
$800.00
|
| |
|
Urn Garden (2.5’ X 2.5’)
|
$1,500.00
|
|
|
|
|
Columbarium (Price includes the first opening and closing fee) #
|
$1,500.00
|
|
Columbarium (second opening and closing fee)
|
$250.00 *
|
QOH Cemetery brochure (page 1).pdf
QOH Cemetery brochure (page 2).pdf
|
|
Grave Opening and Closing
|
|
Regular Depth (Single)
|
$1,000.00 *
|
|
Cremains in ground (Urn Garden) and In-Plot Burial Opening and Closing
|
$235.00 *
|
|
Infant Grave (3’ X 6’) Opening & Closing
|
$850.00 *
|
|
Infant Grave (5’ X 10’) Opening & Closing
|
$850.00 *
|
* Amount is to be paid in-full (cash or check) to the QOH Cemetery at the time of need or purchase through the OLV Parish Office. We do not offer a monthly or other recurring payment plan.
* Currently, our cemetery utilizes the Doric Vault Company (CVI Funeral Services) in Limon, CO. As casket vaults are required at this cemetery, they have contracted with us to also open/close the burial plot for $850.00 (a savings of $150.00). This is something that will be discussed and coordinated by the parish/cemetery office and the respective funeral home during the initial funeral arrangements planning meeting(s).
* Currently, our cemetery also utilizes Spence Memorials for all of our cemetery's memorial/monument needs. (Please refer to their contact info sheet at the bottom of this page, for further details.)
# There is a fee of $260.00 for the engraving of the person's name on the niche granite stone face plate. Please contact the office for a fill-in-the-blank form for the inscription order. The payment of $260.00 needs to accompany the completed order form please, to process the requested work.
|
Queen of Heaven Cemetery Policy and Procedures (070715) (Revised 091019)
State of Colorado laws regarding disposition of a dead body, burial, etc.
Title 12, State of Colorado Professions and Occupations
Chapter 54, Mortuary Science Code
https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2018-title-12.pdf
Title 25, State of Colorado Public Health and Environment
https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2017-title-25.pdf
Services
We offer the following services:
- In-Ground Burial (Interment): Choose a space to secure your future generations an eternal and peaceful resting place with family. Caskets must be placed in a vault for below ground burials. Only single-deep, casket burials are permitted; we are unable to accommodate double-deep burial requests any longer.
- Cremated Remains Burial (Inurnment): Urns may be placed in a Columbarium niche (above ground) or in an Urn Garden plot (below ground).
Perpetual Care
Queen of Heaven Cemetery is a perpetual care cemetery. 100% of the cost of your burial and resting space is restricted to the Queen of Heaven Cemetery Endowment Fund for all future maintenance and perpetual care of this cemetery's grounds. This ensures that our Queen of Heaven Cemetery will be well maintained and cared for, for future generations.
The perpetual care fee is included in the prices noted above.
Pre-Need Planning
We strive to help families pre-plan and prepare before the actual time of need. When you plan ahead:
- You can do so together as a family, relieving the anxiety and stress on a surviving spouse or sibling(s), while minimizing expenses and giving reassurance that the plans are just right and exactly what you would have wanted.
- Children are not forced to make agonizing decisions for their parents, to try to cover funeral expenses at the time of need, or unfortunately have disagreements among siblings and/or relatives over what "Mom (and Dad) would have really wanted".
When you make your cemetery space purchase in advance, the price is locked (i.e., frozen and never changes). No matter how high the prices are in the future (at this or neighboring cemeteries), your family's cost stays the same. The only cost that cannot be pre-planned or pre-paid is that of the cemetery's opening and closing fees (which is paid at the time of need).
To help you purchase your space before the need arises, we have several different payment options available. We currently accept cash, checks, and money orders. There are no installment payment plans or credit card payments please.