Palm Cemetery 1005 N. New York Ave.Winter Park, FL 32789

Cemetery ManagerJanna Baumann

phone 407.599-3252 fax 407.623.3456

jbaumann@cityofwinterpark.orgcityofwinterpark.org/cemeteries

Hours of operation Grounds

Dawn to Dusk

OfficeMonday thru Friday

8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Your guide tospace ownership

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Care & decor✤ All plant materials must be approved by Cemetery

Manager before being planted in the cemetery.The regulation also applies to any changes orreplacement of existing plantings. Cemeterypersonnel will trim and remove existing plantingsas necessary to maintain uniformity. Flowerbedsmust conform in size and may not interferewith neighboring property and/or maintenancepractices and equipment such as mowers.

✤ One potted plant, urn or vase will be permitted ateach interment. Glass or porcelain containers arenot permitted at any burial site at any time.

✤ No planting of any kind will be permitted in“Babyland,” “Memorial Park” (Veterans’ Section),Columbarium Section or Cremation Section, withthe exception of trees planted by the City ofWinter Park.

✤ Flowers placed at the time of an interment will beleft a minimum of three days and discarded whenthey decline. It is suggested that potted plantsfrom funerals should not be left in the cemeteryas they will be discarded.

✤ The cemetery personnel will have the authorityto remove any plant material that has grown toa dimension which interferes with irrigation ormaintenance and/or surrounding areas

✤ The cemetery reserves the right to remove allflowers, wreaths and other decorations fromspaces/niches as soon as they become unsightlyor are in decline.

✤ The cemetery reserves the right to remove allobjects that violate the cemetery regulationsand/or warrant removal due to decline inappearance or condition.

✤ No trees, shrubs or flowers shall be planted,pruned or removed from the cemetery without theexpress consent of the Cemetery Manager. Themanager may plant, prune, remove or transplantany tree, shrub or flower in the cemetery, at anyburial spaces, or within the property to preventthe impairment of or interference with otherburial spaces or lots; or to promote, preserve orimprove the appearance and dignity of thecemetery.

We are honored that you have chosen Palm Cemetery, located in the heart of downtown, for you andyour family.

To confirm your space ownership, a deed will be provided. Please keep this deed in a safe locationas it is your legal documentation. Along with the deed, the City of Winter Park will provide perpetualcare which includes the maintenance of the grounds but not individual monuments.

If necessary, the designated owner may sell spaces back to the city for the price paid. Transfer ofownership may only take place via a legal will.

Welcome to Palm Cemetery When a loved one passes away✤ Begin by contacting your chosen funeral

home ~ your funeral director will helpcoordinate the arrangements according toyour wishes.

✤ Your funeral director or a family membershould then contact the cemetery managerto arrange the date and time of theinterment at the cemetery. Please allow a48-hour notice prior to the service.

✤ Inform the funeral home of your establishedgrave space ownership at Palm Cemetery.Your funeral director will contact cemeterymanagement and coordinate the interment.

✤ Burials, entombments in a mausoleum, orinurnments in a niche may take place duringthe following hours:

Monday thru Saturday > 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

✤ You may make your own arrangements forthe installation of a monument, but themonument must meet the approval of thecemetery manager prior to installation.

Our website On our website, you will findan online memorial pagewith multiple personalizationoptions that allows you tomemorialize your family’slegacy for generations to come.

The memorial page features:

✤ a genealogy section, helping linkfamilies together

✤ a specialized section forVeterans to add details abouttheir military career helping tohonor those who have servedour country

✤ an online burial andownership search of all theproperties in the cemetery

Be sure to visit the cemeteries web page atcityofwinterpark.org/cemeteries to find or addyour family members to the site.

Our mobile app Are you a smartphone userand interested in the history ofWinter Park? Then you will want todownload the WPC Explorer app.

Once installed, the app allows you to locatea grave space right from your phone, usingGPS to navigate you through the cemetery.“Guided” tours are also available throughour cemeteries app. Take a walking tour ofall of Winter Park’s notable residents justby clicking a button!

Our goal is to honor those in ourcare, and maintain the beauty

of the cemetery for you, your family, and generations to follow.

Our historyAs early as 1883, Palm Cemetery was on landprivately owned by Loring A. Chase. Thenknown as Chase Cemetery, the land acceptedburials as early as 1898 which is the earliestrecorded burial on the property.

In April 1906, the 17-acre property wasofficially deeded to the City of Winter Park by

Mr. Chase, who was buried in Palm Cemeteryon August 24 the same year.

You can find his monument, a marble obeliskover five feet tall, in the southeast corner ofthe cemetery. The inscription memorializeshis historical importance to the city as“One of the founders of Winter Park in 1886.”