HUNTLEY – St. Mary Church has approached the Village of Huntley with a proposal for a new parish cemetery on the church’s property between Kreutzer and Dundee Roads.
The proposed new St. Mary’s cemetery would be located on the vacant 2.45 acre church-owned lot adjacent to the south end of the church building between Kreutzer and Dundee Rds. (Photo provided)
The proposed cemetery would use the vacant 2.45 acres that is adjacent to the south end of the church buildings. The cemetery would have 1,530 gravesites and 572 Columbarium Niches. Eighty-six infant graves would be included.
In addition, the church is in discussions to purchase 12.75 acres of the old Kreutzer Farm. This parcel is immediately to the east of the church property. This land would be used for a future second phase of the cemetery if needed.
According to Rev. Christopher P. DiTomo, St. Mary’s pastor, “The current St. Mary Cemetery on Dean Street is just about at capacity. We have no more graves available for sale. We only have a few niches in our columbaria available for sale. We have no space on our existing cemetery land in which we can add graves.”
Rev. DiTomo continued, “We realize that we will need to submit the engineering plans for the project. Before we have that plan completed, we wanted to present the Village with our basic concept for the cemetery.”
The parish has asked the Village for a courtesy review of the proposal. Any implementation of the proposal will require the Village Board to issue a Special Use Permit for the cemetery along with what would be the sixth amendment to the Planned Unit Development agreement.
The Village Board has taken the request under advisement. No further action on the cemetery has been announced.
