St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery

Old St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery is on Brophy Road, just east of Hacker, in Hartland township. When the church was built, it was decided to build in Oceola township at the intersection of Hacker Road and M-59. The parish was named St. John's. Most of the graves were moved to the cemetery at St. John's. St. John's cemetery is approximately 1 1/2 miles from St. Mary's. This cemetery faces south. The burial rows are south to north. At the west end of the cemetery are several markers scattered about on the ground. A few given names are visible on these markers. In the northeast corner is a small guardian angel surrounded by a ring of rocks. The cemetery was visited on May 4, 2005 by Patricia Morcom and Emma Winegarner. Tombstones were read and photographs were taken.