Frequently Asked Questions

Currently, the City Cemetery is sold out. Until a new location is found, the City Clerk’s Office has a waiting list. The Cemetery Policies and Procedures that were adopted by City Council on April 5, 2021 state lots are to be sold back to the city and not sold privately. Please contact the City Clerk's Office if you are interested in selling your cemetery lot. 

Columbarium

The City now has cremains vaults available in a standing monument called a Columbarium (PDF).  Please contact the City Clerk's Office for current prices for Columbarium vaults. 

Memory Wall

A memory wall is available for those loved ones that are not interred in the cemetery. The Resolution (PDF) was passed in December 2015 creating the fees for reserving a space on the wall. A prepayment is paid with the City Clerk’s office to have Glacier Memorial Gardens engrave the nameplate.

Fees

• $60 - Reserving space
• $290 - Engraving by Glacier Memorial Gardens

The price of a cemetery lot depends on whether the purchaser lives inside or outside City limits.

Fees

• Baby/Crematory - $100
• City Residents - $250
• County Residents - $500

For Columbarium pricing, see the Resolution (PDF) creating the fees for Columbarium vaults. The opening and closing of the vault is contained in the initial price of the vault and there is no additional charge for the opening and closing of the vault.

Most funeral homes will include the opening and closing costs at the time of the funeral. The City of Whitefish does allow family internments for ashes at no extra cost with the condition of notifying the City Clerk’s Office of the date, time, and person of internment. The City of Whitefish crew will open and close the location of internment.

Fees

• Ashes - $150
  • Weekends and Overtime (OT) - $200
• Full Burial - $750
  • Weekends and OT - $850

These local monument companies will place the monument and/or headstones and will know the rules and regulations of the Whitefish Cemetery:

• Big Sky Monuments
• Glacier Memorial Gardens
• Glacier Monuments

You can search your loved one by name and find the location on the cemetery directory (PDF). The cemetery map (PDF) will help you find the location.

At their regularly scheduled meeting on April 5, 2021, the City Council adopted the Cemetery Policy and Procedures by Resolution No. 21-11.