The Crocker House Cemetery Walk begins at the Crocker
House Museum where you will learn about Victorian
mourning and funeral customs.  
Cemetery Walk tickets are sold at half-hour increments
where you will board a bus headed
for the Clinton Grove Cemetery.  
The Funeral Tea begins at noon and offers foods traditionally
served at a wake of various cultures.  Tickets for the tea are
extremely limited due to seating capacity.  
Please reserve tickets for the tea early
while reserving your cemetery walk tickets.

Please call the Crocker House Museum office
T - TH 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. to order your tickets.  
Phone: 586-465-2488
Bed room displays a cooling board
used for embalming in the home.
This year will be our second Cemetery Walk.  Last year's walk
completely sold out.  We even scrambled to get another bus
running to offer more space for the tour.  

We encourage you to take advantage of this unique experience.  
History is brought to life through re-enactors who talk to you
about the past of the person they are portraying at the
cemetery.  It truly brings history to life.  

The Crocker House Museum is dressed for an 1880s wake with
mourning artifacts on display.  Director Kim Parr has been
teaching the history of mourning and funeral culture for over 12
years with Mourning Matters (www.mourningmatters.com).  She
will be dressed in 1880's mourning attire and will discuss
Victorian mourning and funeral culture.

Clinton Grove Cemetery was established in 1855.  Some
headstones pre-date 1855. While the cemetery was being
established some burials were moved from the Mt. Clemens
Village Cemetery and from family cemeteries.  
Clinton Grove cemetery holds so much fascinating local history!
Cemetery Walk tickets
cost $10 for members of
the Macomb County
Historical Society &
$15 for non-members.  
Funeral Tea tickets cost
$20 for members
and $25 for
non-members.  
Tickets for both the
Funeral Tea and
Cemetery Walk are
limited and
non-refundable.  
To ensure your space on
this unique tea & tour
please reserve your
tickets early by calling
586-465-2488.
Harold W. Vick Funeral Home
140 S. Main Street
Mount Clemens, MI 48043
Tel: 586-463-0098
www.vickfuneralhome.com
Hamilton Funeral Home
web-site link
Clinton Grove Cemetery
web-site link
Mourning Matters
web-site link


The Crocker House Cemetery Walk is generously sponsored by
Cemetery Walk & Funeral Tea
Saturday, October 4, 2008