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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 are
Lakeview 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.