Forest Home Cemetery

I attended the Funerary Art & Symbolism tour at Forest Home Cemetery and would absolutely recommend it to others. Equal parts educational and entertaining, our tour guide was knowledgeable and well-spoken. There’s so much fascinating information to cover and the grounds are massive (not to mention beautiful). I imagine these tours could be two to three times as long and still not come remotely close to covering everything! There’s an abundance of history here. Bring a water bottle and pack a snack, because you could spend hours exploring the cemetery after the tour.

Famous 19th Century cemetery serving as the final resting place for more than 1,000 civil war veterans and prominent people from Milwaukee's history. Beautiful grounds designed by a famous Wisconsin naturalist. Ideal for self-guided tours, birdwatching, and exploration! The site is full of amazing monuments. Be sure to stop by the office for a visitor's guide. Public tours and events available year round.

Beautiful historical cemetery. Lots of history here and famous people have been buried here. It's so quiet and peaceful. They have a little museum in the building. It's a great place to take a walk, drive around or just to visit a loved one whom has passed. You can sometimes see deer around.

One of the best historical cemeteries in the country. If you visit Milwaukee, you truly should visit this graveyard. I know, it sounds strange to say, come to Milwaukee see the sites, come visit some graves. But the people in these graves truly built Milwaukee. You got Schlitz, Blatz, Pabst, Davidson (w/out Harley), General, Billy Mitchell, the Werwath Family (founders of MSOE), Usinger,, famous actors, countless politicians, and many people who have streets named after them. Plus the place just looks really cool.

I had the most amazing day!! I came to order my Bronze Plaque for my Niche.
Iris Cortes was typing the order and I asked her about my baby sister that was cremated and somewhere at Forest Home. My Father told my Mother that she was with the babies.
Iris started to check found out she was in the Chapel Catacombs in the basement since 1957. She had 2 wonderful people go and bring her to me. When Iris opened the card board box there was a beautiful copper urn, it looked brand new. Iris typed a form and I could take my baby Sister home.
I have my brothers ashes and now I can place them in a Niche together.
Iris Cortes is a wonderful person so caring!! Forest Home is so lucky to have an employee like Iris!!
Karen M Both

The staff at Forest Home was wonderful as our family arranged a burial. From selecting a site to planning a gravestone they were helpful and thoughtful. The day of the burial the staff member who accompanied us was sensitive and caring, and the ground crew was exceptional in helping us carry out the burial as we wanted.

OK so first of all there is nothing morbid about cemeteries they are a way to remember those that came before us and even though we live in West Allis we like to walk here to enjoy the beautiful trees and the unique grave markers and think about being at piece with our Creator (GOD). Did you know back in the 1900s people would come to cemeteries for pick nicks and cemeteries were treated like parks. How cool is that?!?!

Gorgeous place to walk in the Fall. The trees are so beautiful! So much Milwaukee history here. I stopped in the office to pick up a map & pamphlet with info about the different graves & mausoleums & the woman working the office was so friendly & helpful.

Awesome cemetery with tons of history. Many famous Milwaukeeans are buried here. They have a lot of tours and other events at the cemetery. I got to see the chapel and old crematory under it.

Easily the largest graveyard I have ever come across in my lifetime thus far. Full of both local, regional, and even some national and international historical figures. There are a lot of sculptures and monuments worth visiting as well. I got lost here the first time I visited, wow~!

This is a beautiful place with many magnificent trees, monuments and a great deal of history involving Milwaukee and the state of Wisconsin. There are many impressive monuments large and small. Many nice angels. In A+ condition.

This is one of my favorite cemeteries in Milwaukee. It’s a big and beautiful place to walk around. I was there on a cool day in April and hope to make it back in even better weather for some more wandering.

Well-maintained cemetery full of history and beautiful memorials. Great place to walk and explore.

Be sure to stop by the office for a visitor's guide. Public tours and events available year round.

If you like historic cemetries, this one is a must!

My dad's grave site is there and the grounds are always well maintained

The cemetery is a wonderful place to visit many tours an interesting people there

My daddy and other family are buried here. It's beautiful and well kept

Very interesting historic place. I have family buried here.

Great cemetery with some amazing gems of sculpture