Holy Cross Cemetery, Lackawanna: Photos, Reviews & Location

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861-929 Fr. Baker Blvd, Lackawanna, NY 14218

buffalocatholiccemeteries.org

(716) 823-1197

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What is the rating of Holy Cross Cemetery?: Holy Cross Cemetery is rated 3.1 out of 5 based on 16 reviews.
Where is Holy Cross Cemetery located?: 861-929 Fr. Baker Blvd, Lackawanna, NY 14218
How can I contact Holy Cross Cemetery?: Phone: (716) 823-1197 · Website: buffalocatholiccemeteries.org

Reviews (8)

Gabby Occhino 2024 Jul 02

Paid over $6k for a service, even signed a contract and everything. leading up to my moms service we got no call back or anything. was told they would call us back...no call back. so we tried and tried contacting and still no CALL BACK. the day of my moms service no one was there. we ended up not burying her with her family :( BUT THE CHECK WAS CASHED. Finally we get a call back from "Mike" and he's drunk at a bar yelling at us for being upset. Not professional at all. This added so much more stress on top of our grief. We flew all the way from Florida to burry my mom here. She deserved so much better. Our whole family is disappointed.

Am 2024 Mar 15

Lovely, relaxing area. Even if you don't have loved ones here it's still so peaceful to spend time in and you might see some deer! Magical

Adam Gibbons 2022 Mar 25

I called Holy Cross Cemetery to get some assistance locating my great-great-great-grandmother's grave, so that I can have a stone made for it. I had her exact date of death, full maiden/married name, and partial section/lot number. The woman I spoke with made it clear that "new burials are our priority" and that "we're not going to drop everything and locate this grave" (I didn't ask them to). She told me that "there are a LOT of people in this cemetery" and that "we might not ever find her grave." Not exactly great customer service. I wish I had a dollar for every time she told me "the records were not great back then" or some equivalent phrase. The Holy Cross Cemetery books are on Familysearch.org by the way, and although not perfect, they are well above-average for the 1880s (the decade when my ancestor died). The person I spoke with claims that she will be mailing me a full set of information, but I'm not planning on holding my breath. If I actually do receive anything even halfway useful, I'll bump the review up to an underwhelming two stars. I wish I had a time machine to warn my family to send everyone to Forest Lawn for their final resting place instead of this place.

Nancy oneill 2022 Jan 30

This is so disrespectful to my parents. My fathers wishes were to have this picture put on when he passed as my mother passed seven months before him. They had called and ask that I remove it it’s not there policy. Well I looked on my dads papers and there is nothing saying about pictures. So apparently my son went there today 1/30/22 to put a bday card on there for his Pappys 85 th birthday today and this is the pic he took . As it looks like they tried to take it off themselves . Heart broken that they would even do shush a thing . This is my parents resting place for eternity and how dare they disrespect them in this way. My God Look Down On Those Who Did This.

Helena Boulding 2021 Nov 06

I don’t have any loved ones buried here, I just like to browse cemeteries, and this one was very well kept with some fascinating headstone displays. There were deer running around and that added to the ambience. I found it to be historic and very peaceful.

Mark Smith 2021 Sep 07

Thanks be to GOD, for all of the Angels that have gone to rest here, Memorialized in a magnificent beauty in the name of Jesus. The venerable, Father Nelson R. Baker, whom commissioned Our Lady of Victory Basilica, is memorialized here with many other fellow Sisters and Brothers in Christ! Thank God for all of their selflessness and commitment to sharing in the Light of Christ, to Glorify God, and to truly walk as Jesus once did, to support the less fortunate, and bring sinners to know the Father, in Jesus name! Holy Cross Cemetery, an unimaginably Holy place to visit and marvel, all Glory to God for its existence and splendor. Do visit, again and again! So much wildlife, hundreds of deer, and the magnitude of the monuments are breathtaking and truly glorious to the LORD our GOD! If you only have time to visit one area in Buffalo, may OLV Basilica and Holy Cross Cemetery astound you, and awaken the truth of Jesus within you! God Bless!

Shirl B 2020 May 22

I left expensive fresh flowers for my beautiful mother's anniversary and birthday and they removed them a few hours after I brought them. I had a note that I would be back to pick them up in 5 days. If I could remove my parents from that cemetery I would do so in a heartbeat and take them to Mount Calvary cemetery. The rules at Holy Cross are completely ridiculous. I am VERY DISSATISFIED with their staff and rules.

Marisa Moline 2019 Mar 17

We came out of town for a funeral and even though, they were nice but they made it an issue for us to get a specific headstone marker, gave us grieve about the hole needed to be bigger. And They DID NOT give us time to see our loved one being lowered to the ground, it felt very rushed and almost everyone was still in their car. The guy just took the fault from me and just put it in there. I definitely wouldn’t suggest your loved one being buried here, such a huge headache we had to deal with there!