Announcements

City of Austin Cemeteries scheduled clean-up dates as follows:

• After February 1
• After August 1
• After November 1

Signage providing a minimum of 30 days’ notice will be placed at each cemetery prior to the scheduled clean-up date. Contact Cemetery Operations at 512-978-2320 or cemeteries@austintexas.gov with any questions or concerns.

Fees, Services and Rules

Burial Services

Burials (or interments) take place at all cemeteries. At-need and pre-need spaces are available for purchase through Cemetery Operations at both Austin Memorial Park and Evergreen Cemetery.

Types of Burials Offered:

• Adults
• Infants
• Cremated remains

The Cemetery Operations office observes all City holidays. Burial services can be scheduled on all holidays except for New Year’s Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. Any Burial Services scheduled on the remaining holidays will be subject to a holiday fee in addition to the interment fee. Please refer to fee schedule (PDF). 

Other Services

Cemetery Operations offers other services to assist families with purchasing burials spaces, locating loved ones and improving cemetery lots. See the Cemetery Fee Schedule (PDF) for applicable fees.

Additional services include:

• Gravesite location
• Monument setting and leveling
• Grave revegetation
• Grave liner sales
• Information on selling or conveying burial spaces
• Invertible vase sale and installation
• Special public service/maintenance requests

New Rules and Regulations Draft Process

The Cemetery Rules and Regulations (Rules) revision process was initiated on October 17, 2013. On this date, City Council approved a resolution (No. 20131017-042) directing the City Manager and, by extension, the Parks and Recreation Department (PARD) to conduct a public engagement process to evaluate the Rules, which were originally adopted in 1978. The Rules’ purpose is to maintain the public’s health, safety, comfort and welfare in the municipal Cemeteries while showing respect for those interred.

The City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department, with community input, developed new proposed Cemetery Rules (PDF) which were adopted by the PARD Acting Director on August 2, 2018. These rules have been appealed.

Cemetery Rules finalized on August 2, 2018 (appealed)

• Memo on Cemetery Rules Appeals Process Sent to Mayor and Council August 31, 2018 (PDF)
• Rule Adoption R161-18.08 time stamped (appealed; PDF)
• Memo to Mayor and Council Cemetery Rules and Regulations Updated 1-26-2018 (PDF)
• Cemetery Rules Notice and Enforcement Process (PDF)
• Memo to Mayor and Council Cemeteries Perpetual Care Fund 5-8-2018 (PDF)
• PARD Signed Notice of Cemetery Rule Adoption 7-31-2018 (PDF)
• Cemetery Public Comments - PARD Response 7-30-2018 Final (PDF)
• Cemetery Rules Report (PDF)
• Community Meeting Presentation (PDF)
• Cemetery Rules Public Comment Summary (PDF)

For more information about public input on Cemetery Rules & Regulations, please contact cemeteries@austintexas.gov.

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Staff

• Cemetery Manager: Tonja Walls-Davis
• Environmental Program Coordinator: Izabella Z. Nuckels
• Administrative Supervisor: Jorge Martinez
• Administrative Specialist: Sheila McCracken
• Administrative Specialist: Shareese Bradley
• Administrative Senior: Bridgette Davis
• Parks Grounds Manager: Jason Walker
• General Maintenance Supervisor II: Boyce Freitag
• General Maintenance Supervisor II: Shane Jones
• Parks Grounds Crew Leader: Joe DeLaCruz
• Parks Grounds Crew Leader: Frank Kee
• Parks Grounds Specialist: Dwight Carrington
• Parks Grounds Specialist: Angelo Capobianco
• Parks Grounds Specialist: Dwayne Williams
• Parks Grounds Specialist: Jonathan King

Cemetery Improvement Projects