A beautiful cemetery in Kettleby
The cemetery is open to visitors sunrise to sunset
WHO WE ARE
One of York Region’s most historic cemeteries, Kettleby Cemetery has served the local community since 1889. It is the final resting place of many of our village pioneers whose names you will recognize as you visit the cemetery. Kettleby Cemetery is a non-denominational cemetery. Its services include a range of internment choices such as ground burial and cremated remains burial as well as estate planning help. The cemetery features a distinctively styled octagonal deadhouse and a unique blend of history and nature.
OUR LEGAL STATUS
Kettleby Cemetery is a not-for-profit, non-share capital corporation under the responsibility of a Board of Directors. Like most not-for-profit organizations, we exist to provide a service to the community. Kettleby Cemetery is fully accountable for its activities, which are reviewed and monitored by our Board of Directors and government agencies. Our Board of Directors is legally responsible for the integrity and development of our activities as well as ensuring we meet the requirements of our by-laws and regulations. The Kettleby Cemetery Board is composed of individuals (many of them long-serving) who want to be of service to their community. Kettleby Cemetery is a registered charity. Charitable registration number is: 88878 8346 RR0001
HISTORICAL NOTES
Kettleby Cemetery Company was formed on October 4, 1889. Many of the officers were descendants of the original Quaker families of the area. Some of the earliest burials are those moved from the older King Christian Cemetery on Jane Street. Members of many of Kettleby’s late 19th and early 20th century families are buried here. The Walton family, prominent residents of Kettleby, is remembered by a significant monument. The 1899 octagonal deadhouse, based on a design from one in Richmond Hill, served as the temporary resting place for the dear departed during those winter months when the frozen ground did not permit grave digging. These distinctively styled buildings are unique to areas that border Yonge Street north of Toronto and only four survive to this day. It is constructed of coursed fieldstone with a hipped, octagonal, asphalt shingle roof. Features include buttresses at the corners while the steep hipped roof is topped by a metal-clad cupola with weathervane. The entrance has a pair of vertical board doors set in a pointed arch. At present time, the roundhouse is preserved for historical purposes only as it is no longer required for its original intent.