Services Offered at
Forest Hills Cemetery
For over 170 years, care and maintenance have been top priorities at Forest Hills Cemetery. Years ago, in order to ensure these would remain top priorities into perpetuity, the Board of Directors established an endowment fund for this purpose. Today, one-half of the cost of any grave or lot that you purchase is directed into this investment fund to ensure perpetual care of the cemetery’s burial sites, buildings, and grounds.
Burial Services
You might select any one of a number of burial options: A casket burial with or without a service, a cremation burial in a grave or a cremation plot, an urn placed in a niche in either our indoor or outdoor columbaria, or a scattering of cremated remains. You may prefer a church service, a home service, or a service in one of our beautiful chapels, a graveside service with family and friends, or no service at all. Arrangements can be as simple or as elaborate as you wish.
With 275 acres of land, we have a variety of grave options to offer at varying price points. We invite you to contact us for more information about our range of graves that can suit all families and resources.
Through the auspices of our Historical Areas Burial Options, lots and graves are now also available in the older, historic sections of the Cemetery.
To install a monument or marker on a grave, you will need to contract the services of a monument dealer. Please refer to our Monument Regulations for Grave and Lot Owners for more information or contact us.
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We’re Happy to Help
Our professional staff are happy to help answer any questions you may have. Feel free to schedule an in-person consultation by calling the Cemetery Office at (617) 524-0128 or by contacting us.
Words from Our Families and Friends
On a sunny winter day, when I seek solitude and deep reflection, I venture to the Forest Hills Cemetery. The snow-covered grounds, illuminated by the bright winter sun, sparkle with an ethereal light, giving the cemetery an almost serene, otherworldly beauty
I recently read about the lives of poets Sylvia Plath & Anne Sexton. Since I’m in the 02321 for a house-sitting gig, I decided to pilgrimage to Sexton’s gravesite in Forest Hills cemetery–an absolute hidden gem (the cemetery, not the gravesite)
Was planning on going to a different cemetery while visiting Boston, but it was closed earlier than expected and I’m so glad. Forest hills was so beautiful. We followed the green line on the ground which led us to a really nice security guard who told us we could pull over anywhere so long as our car wasn’t on the grass
One of the biggest and most beautiful cemeteries in New England. Unique, well maintained, and plenty to see. Peaceful. I had a long ride to get here, so I was so happy they had a bathroom and it was clean lol.
