Located at the east end of Main Street in Manistique
© 2025 The Ethel Brown Trust of Manistique, Michigan -- All rights reserved
Welcome
Lakeview Information
Manistique’s Cemeteries: Lakeview and Fairview
The city of Manistique owns and operates two cemeteries. The oldest of these cemeteries is Lakeview Cemetery. The Cemetery began as a private entity with burials dating back to the mid- 1800’s. The cemetery was given to the city to manage and care for. Lakeview Cemetery is the location of the City’s burial vault which serves as a storage facility for bodies during the winter months since regular burials areLakeview Information
Lakeview Cemetery is located at the top of the eastern end of Main Street. It is adjacent to the Schoolcraft County Medical Care Facility, the city water tower, the ball fields, and the county fairgrounds. The cemetery is subject to the rules and regulations established by the City of Manistique. Cemetery lots are available for sale through the City of Manistique and must be arranged during business hours. The cemetery is maintained by City employees. The Ethel Brown Trust is a charitable trust established by Ethel Brown to enable the care, upkeep and maintenance of the cemetery in which Ethel Brown is interred.
Manistique’s Cemeteries are owned
and operated by the City of
Manistique
A sizeable bequest by Ethel Brown was made in the 1970s to create a Trust for the care, upkeep, and maintenance of Lakeview Cemetery. The trust account is administered by the First Baptist Church of Manistique. Numerous significant projects have been funded by the trust through the years since the inception of the trust. Projects have included fencing the perimeter of the cemetery, paving the roads, care for the vault, tree planting and care, and an inventory of all graves in the cemetery.
Located at the east end of Main Street in
Manistique
© 2025 The Ethel Brown Trust of Manistique, Michigan -- All rights reserved
Welcome
Lakeview Information
Manistique’s Cemeteries: Lakeview and
Fairview
The city of Manistique owns and operates two cemeteries. The oldest of these cemeteries is Lakeview Cemetery. The Cemetery began as a private entity with burials dating back to the mid-1800’s. The cemetery was given to the city to manage and care for. Lakeview Cemetery is the location of the City’s burial vault which serves as a storage facility for bodies during the winter months since regular burials areLakeview Information
Lakeview Cemetery is located at the top of the eastern end of Main Street. It is adjacent to the Schoolcraft County Medical Care Facility, the city water tower, the ball fields, and the county fairgrounds. The cemetery is subject to the rules and regulations established by the City of Manistique. Cemetery lots are available for sale through the City of Manistique and must be arranged during business hours. The cemetery is maintained by City employees. The Ethel Brown Trust is a charitable trust established by Ethel Brown to enable the care, upkeep and maintenance of the cemetery in which Ethel Brown is interred.
Manistique’s Cemeteries are owned and
operated by the City of Manistique
A sizeable bequest by Ethel Brown was made in the 1970s to create a Trust for the care, upkeep, and maintenance of Lakeview Cemetery. The trust account is administered by the First Baptist Church of Manistique. Numerous significant projects have been funded by the trust through the years since the inception of the trust. Projects have included fencing the perimeter of the cemetery, paving the roads, care for the vault, tree planting and care, and an inventory of all graves in the cemetery.
