K M.. SAME HERE! MY GRANDPARENTS ARE AT REST HERE, IN THE MAUSOLEUM... SEVERAL (12) AUNTS, UNCLES, & MY BABY SISTER ARE BURIED IN THE CEMETERY HERE... IT RATES RIGHT UP THERE WITH EITHER ONE OF THE "FORREST LAWN" CEMETERIES & MAUSOLEUMS OUT IN CALIFORNIA... WE MAY NOT HAVE CELEBRATED BIG NAMES HERE (NO MICHAEL JACKSON'S OR LIZ TAYLOR'S) BUT THIS MAUSOLEUM IS BREATHTAKING JUST THE SAME!! THANKS FOR SHARING WITH US KARI 💜❤💜❤💜
This is the cemetery that my grandparents are buried at ❤️. It’s such a beautiful cemetery and I have so many memories of visiting there from the time I was a child. Thank you for your videos. They are so fascinating. So glad I found your channel.
Kari..i am very familiar with HSCS,as unfortunately i have been going there my entire life..My maternal grandfather was interred there in 1957, my father was next in 1960. We have a family plot of 12 graves, and its fairly full..My paternal grandparents are buried a short distance away, so i can visit my entire family at the same time..Thanks to my mother's dedication to being organized, i can also see where im going to rest,complete with headstone..Yes,its a little unsettling,because most of us do not get the privilege of seein their name on that piece of granite..But,over 55 years,i have seen the expansion of HSCS and they have a stellar group of people handling business there.. Ron D. is one of the best of the group..best wishes to him..
My niece( age 4)and I,went with to a masoulem. She called it a Death library . She thought we could check out people. Now we call masoulems death libraries
If you're ever in New York, one cemetery you should definitely visit is Calvary Cemetery (est.1848) in Queens. Bisected by busy expressways and streets and providing fantastic views of Manhattan from many points within it, Calvary is the best example of an urban cemetery I have ever seen. It is divided into four sections- the oldest being First Calvary- covers approx. 365 acres and with over 3 million interments has the distinction of being the largest cemetery in the US by number of "inhabitants."
Beautiful cemetery. I like to explore older cemeteries, read the older monuments, it takes my imagination back in time. If you have an opportunity, Google Oakland Cemetery. In Atlanta Ga. it's an old historical cemetery. They hold all kinds of events there, even weddings. Thx for the video, really enjoyed it.
Kind of like the catacombs in Rome. It's just sad. I'll be planted with my brothers and sisters in a V.A. cemetery. My choice, that's were I belong. Thanks Kari.
Props to whomever can figure out how to fund a mausoleum's maintenance for hundreds of years. Money systems change and collapse, revolutions happen, depressions, embezzling managers, whatever. At least if you are in the ground there's minimal ongoing cost and if abandoned, you don't have suffer the disrespect of a collapsing and vandalized crypt.
Not sure why TH-cam recommended a 3 year old video, but I’ll watch it. That’s a really high class mausoleum with gated community’s and everything. All it needs is a Starbucks! Great video Kari! 😁
I’m from Southfield, and my grandparents are buried there. My grandfather died in the middle of winter in the 1970s. The ground was so frozen that they couldn’t dig his grave. They stuck his casket in a storage shed (along with other bodies) until the spring. I shit you not. Also, Jay Sebring, one of Charles Manson’s murder victims, is buried at Holy Sepulcher. He grew up in Berkeley.
Hi Kari, This is the crypt I recently purchased except it is outdoors with a canopy to keep your visitors at least dry. Their indoor mausoleum is minimaully heated and cooled so they seldom need any marble repairs. All of the Family of 12 Persons were sold out. and all of the thousand spaces, had only two single spaces remaining, however they were not together. Similar to Holy Seplicar they are getting ready to build another identical community Mausoleum. This cemetery is all different faiths including Jewish and Muslin deceased. I had my heart set on a Independent Companion Mausoleum, but I couldn’t justify the cost, thought my family could make better use of the funds. I don’t even want them to know what I spent. That would be a Lotto Winners Crypt. In Baltimore they are slightly different. They call this style a “Couch Crypy” they are also placed in the crypt sideways and 2 Caskets Deep. They use the same wrapping system but their tray are connected to a drainage system.. TMI But the wrapping elimnates the usual Indoor odors. You can see it at Dulaney Valley Mem Gardens. The entire place is amazing. if you get a minute google it. Peace
@@KaritheMortician Kari, you have such a bubbly personality, you wouldbe so much fun to hand out with..so for me Coffee with Kari would mean “I get to buy, and be face to face. Your laugh still cracks me up....LOLLLLLLL
The Mausoleum had undergone many expansions since it was 1st built..the left wing was the first addition to the building..in the late 1960's..the right wing was done in the late 1980's..and the rear addition was completed in the mid 2000's.. The outdoor annex was completed in 2012 if i remember...along the way in the last 30+ years they have created special sections for clergy and police/firemen...they also have a special section for children only at the back of the property..
I lived in TN now, originally from Centreville, Michigan, Kazoo was our running grounds, I became a Florist and ended down her in Franklin, I did a few stars funeral flowers, Minnie Pearl and her husband where one of the people I was honored to service, and put the saddles on there caskets. Funeral Directors and Florists go hand in hand..Maybe a program on those services???
My great grandpa and great great grandpa are on the 3rd floor and my great grandma was buried outside. The next person in my family that passes will get to be buried next to her. I was lucky to know my great grandpa, but sadly my great grandma passed the day before I was born. I still visit when I can
They make you be in the cemetery gates by 2:00 PM which is ridiculous. It is almost impossible for us to have an 11:00 am Funeral Mass and let the family have a funeral dinner immediately after and then make the hour drive from our area west of Ann Arbor. Open/close fees are around $1500.00 too...and to open/close a crypt is probably the same. I was waiting for the gentleman to say that entire lot of crypt spaces "family room" for sale in the mausoleum would run $100,000. Also, you only get a few minutes to do your commital services there too or be prepared to deal with, tractors, dump trucks and a crew with shovels descending on your graveside telling you time is up. Yes, the place is nice, but it is expensive. Out my way we have Green's Lakeside Cemetery, (Devils Lake) Manitou Beach, MI, Columbia Twp Cemetery on Lake Columbia near Brooklyn, MI, and Clark Lake Cemetery, South of Jackson, MI and all sit on the shorelines of lakes and are beautiful and run $350-$500 open close fees for comparison and local farmers take care of them and give them TLC.
I think one of the reasons for the high prices is the fact Holy Sepulchre is the final resting place of the Cardinals and Arch Bishops that have served the Arch Diocese of Detroit. Including Mooney, Scoka and Dearden. No doubt that makes it a premiere cemetery of the Catholic church. I was a night security officer there for about a year and in addition to the Honored men buried there the grounds contain a tranquil pond and spectacular landscaping. So it's likely a positive thought to know you are purchasing a grave amid pastoral splendor and resting with former leaders of the church.
All of my relatives both on my mom's side and my dad's side of the family are buried at Holy Sepulchre. I've been in the mausoleum way too many times, it's where they bring the deceased for a final prayer before burial if the family has declined to go to the grave site.
I know your main concern was the mausoleum building in particular but all the grounds of the cemetery are quite spectacular. I was a night security officer there for about a year (someone has to check that all those temp control systems continue working and vandals don't try to desecrate graves) and was amazed at the wildlife the pond attracts from deer to egrets and reptiles (turtles). As I noted in another comment below several of the Cardinals and Arch Bishops of the Arch Diocese of Detroit are buried in a special section on the grounds. The main building you highlighted so well has an organ and tombs are also available on levels in the rotunda. Very impressive place with history and the resting place of Civil Rights Activist Viola Liuzzo as well.
Against Kari, a fabulous video. Thank you so much for taking the time to educate us on a subject that too often is shrouded in mystery. I wish we had mausoleums in the uk as it offers another alternative. You Rock Lady 😘
Sadly we don’t apart from private ones which are more of elaborate family tombs that you find in old or historic graveyards. I think there maybe is one being built somewhere in England but in Scotland we don’t have any. Crematorium sometimes have areas to inter the urns. I find it such a good alternative as sometimes the thing that puts propel of burial is being underground and “being eaten by worms” type of idea. This gives a good alternative. Liners etc are also something that aren’t used here. I could discuss the differences for ages with you. This is why I find your channel so intriguing.
Hi Kari no, it’s something I would have loved to do. I was an oncology/haematology nurse specialist till the latter stages of my career where I was involved with patients at the end of their lives and it was a subject lots of patients would discuss especially in the wee small hours when the rest of the world was asleep apart from them. So often I’d have to contact funeral directors and find out things to let me go back to the patient to let me give them their answers. I just saw it as part of the care I provided, if they needed to know, then I’d find it out. It then became an area I was more and more interested in but sadly an accident put paid to a change of career.
Kari..there are 2 outside private mausoleums at HSCS that are worth mentioning..One is the Frank J. Navin, who was a past owner of the Detroit Tigers baseball team, and it has 2 giant bronze tigers at the front, and the other is the Fred Fisher edifice, he was a well known philanthropist for whom the Fisher Building in New Center area of Detroit is named..
Kari I would love if you would make an in depth video about resomation including a visit to a site that does the process. I’m very interested in this for my final disposition plan.
Beautiful. However I see here on TH-cam how many mausoleums quickly fall into disrepair once it is full. Simply too expensive to maintain. You mention how heating and cooling is used to stop the stone from sweating. Just how long can they keep that up ? I know maintenance is built into the purchase price. But that will not last forever. Then vandals take over. And those glass cover ones ? Pretty but foolish to think they will survive forever undisturbed. When even stone covered ones get broken into. At worst a grave will be overgrown. And far less likely to be messed with.
This is owned by the Church, so its far less likely to happen. The ones with problems are usually private mausoleums that run out of money due to declining income, no more money coming in once its full, and increased costs of an aging structure.
@@jonathantan2469 Oh I could not disagree more. Whole diocese have and do go bankrupt. Church owned mausoleums are more prone to budget cuts and being abandoned then private ones. People give money for church staff salary, utilities, helping the poor and so on. Not to pay continuous upkeep of burials of non-family members ? It may be church owned but those are private burials. And non-family members do not and should not pay for upkeep.
Thank you for all your videos and for all the information. I have family in a mausoleum in Washington state and we didn't have to use a casket wrapping. We just placed them in the crypt. Is the wrapping a requirement in Michigan?
I have concerns about long term upkeep with these buildings, I mean once mausoleums are full & 200 yrs go by we all know many of these buildings will not be upkept properly. At least in the ground you're more likely to rest in peace undisturbed
Hi Kari, I was curious if it was a challenge getting permission to go and shoot a video in there. I was hassled at a Catholic community mausoleum shooting a video, but I didn't have a staff member with me, like you did here (I think) Just curious on the rules, obstacles you may have run into, if any? Great video, well done!!
Kari, great video. This looks like a very beautiful place for a final resting place. What you are calling the "cremation niche" is actually called a "columbarium". Many Episcopal (and I believe Catholic) churches will have one built in them for the cremains to be placed in the church. The National Cathedral in Washington D.C. has a beautiful columbarium in it as well as caskets (these are placed throughout the sanctuary and chapels beneath the floors).
I have always thought mausoleum crypts & colombariums were the same... to place the urns with the deceased ashes, or an ossuary with fully decayed bones. Didn't quite expect whole coffins to be placed behind the walls.
Deja-vu. I could be wrong, but I think I may have been there before. Or, at least seen it. Lol! Nice video Kari! Honestly, the place looks very similar to Crown Hill Mortuary Mausoleums.
That was wonderful, such a beautiful place. I can tell you were taken aback by it. My question is; I've seen a few mausoleum burials and they've always slid the "naked" casket right in, do they later take it out and wrap it prior to sealing so the family doesn't have to see it?
My great grandparents "invested" in a single family unit that held 8. I think they had in mind that family multiply and others would be entombed there. As life would have it, not all the crypts are filled. People marry and have their own families...you get the picture. Its still a nice quiet space to sit and reflect upon who they were and how they loved one another. I hope to be placed there with my spouse after death. No kids so I think its a perfect place to spend eternity.
This totally made me do a doubletake -- my grandparents and greatgrandparents are buried at Holy Sepulchre, and my parents have burial plots there. ...And then you said it's in Michigan. The one they all are at/will be at is in California ;) I guess it's a popular name, but crazier is that they look SUPER similar, so I thought it was the same place at first!
It's in Hayward, CA. Do you think it's possible these cemeteries are part of a chain, or it's just really ironic with the name and them looking so similar stylistically?
Hi Kari...Great Video Always Wondered Which 1 Would Be Better 4 Me Burial Or Crypt !!! I Like The Crypt Better Seems Cleaner. Just Can’t See My Self Buried In The Ground !!! Thnx 4 The Tour...All Set Now !! U As My Funeral Director & Crypt It Is 4 Me !!! Lol....
I`m not a fan of above ground burials because often old mausoleums fell in decay and disrepair but that room on 10:00 with wooden front paneling look realy great, it look worm and homey, more mausoleums should do that.
You have to get a gimbal. The motion noise is really annoying. You are wrong at 3:34. They are interred side by side. If there were two caskets in the same crypt long-ways you would not have single crypts that are behind you.
Thank you for the video. I have missed feelings. The place is beautiful. However, I can't help but think about the number of hungry people who could be fed and educated with the money spent. I know that the families have probably given a lot of money but.... I think of Pope Francis - he does not live in the papal palace. He lives in an ordinary building with other clergy. I have been a Catholic and this is one of the questions I cannot answer. Also, I am sure you did this video for educational reasons. The video was great and informative. Again, thanks!
Jesus said, "The poor you will always have with you,..." Does that mean we shouldn't help them? No, but as is written in Ecclesiastes, "There is a time to every purpose." Helping the Poor would consist of most of the Corporal Works of Mercy, but Burying the Dead is also one of them. It's not an either/or proposition. We give glory to God in our efforts, and even when we build these great edifices, including the Papal Palace. And when we bury the dead, we do so with the respect due, and knowing that they will rise again on the last day.
That is a beautiful place. Check out the Abby mausoleum at Westview Cemetery in Atlanta. There is also a video on TH-cam. This is where I along with most of my family have crypts. I enjoy all your videos.
Kari, I hope you get this question. When someone dies and doesn't have a will, if they are married, does the spouse have the legal right to make funeral/disposition arrangements even if they are contrary to what other family members might want?
Thank you Kari! I like mausoleums--you should see the Great Mausoleum in Forest Lawn, Glendale CA where many famous movie stars are buried...looks like a Cathedral...very peaceful. I like that one can sit beside the grave of a loved one regardless of the weather. I would choose one of these.
I have a question (just curious maybe) my grandmother was laid to rest in her hometown of Louisiana. She is resting peacefully in a vault, however, the vaults sit atop of the ground? I live in CA and though I’m not just hanging around cemeteries often, it just made me wonder what is that called or why are those vaults above the ground?
In Louisiana since most of it is below sea level, the water table is very high. Burying someone is taking a risk that the casket will float out of the ground. I know during Katrina many floated and had to be reidentified. Even those in tombs above ground floated. It was very sad.
Hey Kari! I loved this video! I was wondering, do people go for that new 'eco' burial where it turns them into a tree? I would want to do something like that or get cremated... I hear that new eco thing is very expensive tho lol
Kari Northey I'm from Cleveland Ohio, I'm sorry I forgot to tell you that on the other video... I just heard about a family burning a family member by a ocean or lake on a pier... I was wondering, Is there certain laws you would have to do to do that?
Kari Northey I believe it was on TH-cam, but it may have been Indians or Africans in the Amazons that were doing it... I don't remember lol but I had seen that and was curious
I don't live far from JFK alleged killer that is buried in Texas. People would steal the tombstone from his grave. So the family left it unmarked. The Shannon Hills Cemetery on the east side of Fort Worth doesn't tell people where the Oswald's grave is located. The original casket Oswald was buried in was stolen after Oswald's reburial. The family sued to get the casket back. Thanks for the information. Regards...
Kari Northey that’s true! They are really regal royal looking in my opinion I know not very economical in terms of a natural decomposition and being one with the earth but for some reason they look so classic
All mausoleums have problems with maintenance. Not just Catholic church. Some even go bankrupt before they get full. So expensive to maintain. TH-cam is full of videos of abandon mausoleums. There is a dark side to mausoleum that needs to be pointed out to people before they buy one. th-cam.com/video/cKf3z8DtTU4/w-d-xo.html
I thought that was only a problem in hot climates. Even in Michigan got to keep climate controlled. It is beautiful with that marble and architecture. Not for me!
My grandparents are buried there, so this was lovely to see ! Thank you!
K M.. SAME HERE! MY GRANDPARENTS ARE AT REST HERE, IN THE MAUSOLEUM...
SEVERAL (12) AUNTS, UNCLES, & MY BABY SISTER ARE BURIED IN THE CEMETERY HERE...
IT RATES RIGHT UP THERE WITH EITHER ONE OF THE "FORREST LAWN" CEMETERIES & MAUSOLEUMS OUT IN CALIFORNIA...
WE MAY NOT HAVE CELEBRATED BIG NAMES HERE (NO MICHAEL JACKSON'S OR LIZ TAYLOR'S) BUT THIS MAUSOLEUM IS BREATHTAKING JUST THE SAME!!
THANKS FOR SHARING WITH US KARI
💜❤💜❤💜
Love the video, Kari. I find mausoleums very peaceful, as they are holy ground.
Holy ground? Yikes.
They are positively holy ground!! What is wrong with you???🤔
This is the cemetery that my grandparents are buried at ❤️. It’s such a beautiful cemetery and I have so many memories of visiting there from the time I was a child. Thank you for your videos. They are so fascinating. So glad I found your channel.
Kari..i am very familiar with HSCS,as unfortunately i have been going there my entire life..My maternal grandfather was interred there in 1957, my father was next in 1960. We have a family plot of 12 graves, and its fairly full..My paternal grandparents are buried a short distance away, so i can visit my entire family at the same time..Thanks to my mother's dedication to being organized, i can also see where im going to rest,complete with headstone..Yes,its a little unsettling,because most of us do not get the privilege of seein their name on that piece of granite..But,over 55 years,i have seen the expansion of HSCS and they have a stellar group of people handling business there.. Ron D. is one of the best of the group..best wishes to him..
This is exceptional, beautifully designed. Great credit to the designers of this wonderful building.
Thank you very much!
I saw this lift, when Aretha Franklin, was entombed. She was one of my favorite singers❤🌹
Appears well cared for!! RIP all!😊
It is beautful
M my mom was just buried
there today. Next to my dad. My grandfather and his family are in moselium. Such a beautiful place
Thanks for sharing...I'm sorry about your mom.
My niece( age 4)and I,went with to a masoulem. She called it a Death library . She thought we could check out people. Now we call masoulems death libraries
I love kids thoughts!
Does the head or feet go in first? I always speculated the feet went first and the head would be next to the stone, hence the name head stone.
If you're ever in New York, one cemetery you should definitely visit is Calvary Cemetery (est.1848) in Queens. Bisected by busy expressways and streets and providing fantastic views of Manhattan from many points within it, Calvary is the best example of an urban cemetery I have ever seen. It is divided into four sections- the oldest being First Calvary- covers approx. 365 acres and with over 3 million interments has the distinction of being the largest cemetery in the US by number of "inhabitants."
My grandparents and my father are buried in the ground there
Thank you for doing this video
Beautiful cemetery. I like to explore older cemeteries, read the older monuments, it takes my imagination back in time.
If you have an opportunity, Google Oakland Cemetery. In Atlanta Ga. it's an old historical cemetery. They hold all kinds of events there, even weddings. Thx for the video, really enjoyed it.
Kind of like the catacombs in Rome. It's just sad. I'll be planted with my brothers and sisters in a V.A. cemetery. My choice, that's were I belong. Thanks Kari.
Thank you for your service!!! ❤️💙🇺🇸
You do such an exceptional job
wow thanks!
Props to whomever can figure out how to fund a mausoleum's maintenance for hundreds of years. Money systems change and collapse, revolutions happen, depressions, embezzling managers, whatever. At least if you are in the ground there's minimal ongoing cost and if abandoned, you don't have suffer the disrespect of a collapsing and vandalized crypt.
Not sure why TH-cam recommended a 3 year old video, but I’ll watch it. That’s a really high class mausoleum with gated community’s and everything. All it needs is a Starbucks! Great video Kari! 😁
Yes!!
I’m from Southfield, and my grandparents are buried there. My grandfather died in the middle of winter in the 1970s. The ground was so frozen that they couldn’t dig his grave. They stuck his casket in a storage shed (along with other bodies) until the spring. I shit you not.
Also, Jay Sebring, one of Charles Manson’s murder victims, is buried at Holy Sepulcher. He grew up in Berkeley.
Thank you so much for sharing!!
Thanks again Kari!!! I loved the tour.
Funny....I was just watching your Grave opening video when you commented.
Hi Kari, This is the crypt I recently purchased except it is outdoors with a canopy to keep your visitors at least dry.
Their indoor mausoleum is minimaully heated and cooled so they seldom need any marble repairs. All of the Family of 12 Persons were sold out. and all of the thousand spaces, had only two single spaces remaining, however they were not together. Similar to Holy Seplicar they are getting ready to build another identical community Mausoleum. This cemetery is all different faiths including Jewish and Muslin deceased.
I had my heart set on a Independent Companion Mausoleum, but I couldn’t justify the cost, thought my family could make better use of the funds. I don’t even want them to know what I spent. That would be a Lotto Winners Crypt.
In Baltimore they are slightly different. They call this style a “Couch Crypy” they are also placed in the crypt sideways and 2 Caskets Deep. They use the same wrapping system but their tray are connected to a drainage system.. TMI But the wrapping elimnates the usual Indoor odors. You can see it at Dulaney Valley Mem Gardens. The entire place is amazing. if you get a minute google it. Peace
Very nice
@@KaritheMortician Kari, you have such a bubbly personality, you wouldbe so much fun to hand out with..so for me Coffee with Kari would mean “I get to buy, and be face to face. Your laugh still cracks me up....LOLLLLLLL
My dear grandparents are entombed there. It’s breathtaking.
Very nice!
What a beautiful place. One of my dearest friends is laid to rest there, with some of her family members. I'm from Roseville Michigan. ⚘⚘
The Mausoleum had undergone many expansions since it was 1st built..the left wing was the first addition to the building..in the late 1960's..the right wing was done in the late 1980's..and the rear addition was completed in the mid 2000's.. The outdoor annex was completed in 2012 if i remember...along the way in the last 30+ years they have created special sections for clergy and police/firemen...they also have a special section for children only at the back of the property..
Thank you, Kari.🙏🏾
You are so welcome
You answered a lot of my questions in this video..Liked the music!
Thank you!
I lived in TN now, originally from Centreville, Michigan, Kazoo was our running grounds, I became a Florist and ended down her in Franklin, I did a few stars funeral flowers, Minnie Pearl and her husband where one of the people I was honored to service, and put the saddles on there caskets. Funeral Directors and Florists go hand in hand..Maybe a program on those services???
Very beautiful, really liked the stained glass windows.
Thank you for sharing your tour !!
My great grandpa and great great grandpa are on the 3rd floor and my great grandma was buried outside. The next person in my family that passes will get to be buried next to her. I was lucky to know my great grandpa, but sadly my great grandma passed the day before I was born. I still visit when I can
They make you be in the cemetery gates by 2:00 PM which is ridiculous. It is almost impossible for us to have an 11:00 am Funeral Mass and let the family have a funeral dinner immediately after and then make the hour drive from our area west of Ann Arbor. Open/close fees are around $1500.00 too...and to open/close a crypt is probably the same. I was waiting for the gentleman to say that entire lot of crypt spaces "family room" for sale in the mausoleum would run $100,000. Also, you only get a few minutes to do your commital services there too or be prepared to deal with, tractors, dump trucks and a crew with shovels descending on your graveside telling you time is up. Yes, the place is nice, but it is expensive.
Out my way we have Green's Lakeside Cemetery, (Devils Lake) Manitou Beach, MI, Columbia Twp Cemetery on Lake Columbia near Brooklyn, MI, and Clark Lake Cemetery, South of Jackson, MI and all sit on the shorelines of lakes and are beautiful and run $350-$500 open close fees for comparison and local farmers take care of them and give them TLC.
I think one of the reasons for the high prices is the fact Holy Sepulchre is the final resting place of the Cardinals and Arch Bishops that have served the Arch Diocese of Detroit. Including Mooney, Scoka and Dearden. No doubt that makes it a premiere cemetery of the Catholic church. I was a night security officer there for about a year and in addition to the Honored men buried there the grounds contain a tranquil pond and spectacular landscaping. So it's likely a positive thought to know you are purchasing a grave amid pastoral splendor and resting with former leaders of the church.
All of my relatives both on my mom's side and my dad's side of the family are buried at Holy Sepulchre. I've been in the mausoleum way too many times, it's where they bring the deceased for a final prayer before burial if the family has declined to go to the grave site.
jamiebellwolf You can just drop in, it's open all day unless there's a funeral inside.
I know your main concern was the mausoleum building in particular but all the grounds of the cemetery are quite spectacular. I was a night security officer there for about a year (someone has to check that all those temp control systems continue working and vandals don't try to desecrate graves) and was amazed at the wildlife the pond attracts from deer to egrets and reptiles (turtles). As I noted in another comment below several of the Cardinals and Arch Bishops of the Arch Diocese of Detroit are buried in a special section on the grounds. The main building you highlighted so well has an organ and tombs are also available on levels in the rotunda. Very impressive place with history and the resting place of Civil Rights Activist Viola Liuzzo as well.
Its absolutely beautiful
Yes!
Against Kari, a fabulous video. Thank you so much for taking the time to educate us on a subject that too often is shrouded in mystery. I wish we had mausoleums in the uk as it offers another alternative. You Rock Lady 😘
Sadly we don’t apart from private ones which are more of elaborate family tombs that you find in old or historic graveyards. I think there maybe is one being built somewhere in England but in Scotland we don’t have any. Crematorium sometimes have areas to inter the urns. I find it such a good alternative as sometimes the thing that puts propel of burial is being underground and “being eaten by worms” type of idea. This gives a good alternative. Liners etc are also something that aren’t used here. I could discuss the differences for ages with you. This is why I find your channel so intriguing.
Hi Kari no, it’s something I would have loved to do. I was an oncology/haematology nurse specialist till the latter stages of my career where I was involved with patients at the end of their lives and it was a subject lots of patients would discuss especially in the wee small hours when the rest of the world was asleep apart from them. So often I’d have to contact funeral directors and find out things to let me go back to the patient to let me give them their answers. I just saw it as part of the care I provided, if they needed to know, then I’d find it out. It then became an area I was more and more interested in but sadly an accident put paid to a change of career.
wow that was amazing
Amazing
It is so pretty!
Beautiful edifice. Thanks for posting Kari!
I grew up and lived for 30 yrs at Seven Mile Road and Southfield Road and I am very familiar with this area!!
Kari..there are 2 outside private mausoleums at HSCS that are worth mentioning..One is the Frank J. Navin, who was a past owner of the Detroit Tigers baseball team, and it has 2 giant bronze tigers at the front, and the other is the Fred Fisher edifice, he was a well known philanthropist for whom the Fisher Building in New Center area of Detroit is named..
I used to live down the street a mile or two from this place when I was in high school and college.
Cool!
Kari I would love if you would make an in depth video about resomation including a visit to a site that does the process. I’m very interested in this for my final disposition plan.
That's a beautiful place!
Yes it is!
Beautiful. However I see here on TH-cam how many mausoleums quickly fall into disrepair once it is full. Simply too expensive to maintain. You mention how heating and cooling is used to stop the stone from sweating. Just how long can they keep that up ? I know maintenance is built into the purchase price. But that will not last forever. Then vandals take over. And those glass cover ones ? Pretty but foolish to think they will survive forever undisturbed. When even stone covered ones get broken into. At worst a grave will be overgrown. And far less likely to be messed with.
This is owned by the Church, so its far less likely to happen. The ones with problems are usually private mausoleums that run out of money due to declining income, no more money coming in once its full, and increased costs of an aging structure.
@@jonathantan2469 Oh I could not disagree more. Whole diocese have and do go bankrupt. Church owned mausoleums are more prone to budget cuts and being abandoned then private ones. People give money for church staff salary, utilities, helping the poor and so on. Not to pay continuous upkeep of burials of non-family members ? It may be church owned but those are private burials. And non-family members do not and should not pay for upkeep.
@@jonathantan2469 This is just one of many examples of a church owned mausoleum. th-cam.com/video/2OUmJrJFWpM/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for all your videos and for all the information. I have family in a mausoleum in Washington state and we didn't have to use a casket wrapping. We just placed them in the crypt. Is the wrapping a requirement in Michigan?
I have concerns about long term upkeep with these buildings, I mean once mausoleums are full & 200 yrs go by we all know many of these buildings will not be upkept properly. At least in the ground you're more likely to rest in peace undisturbed
Yes it is a true concern
Hi Kari, I was curious if it was a challenge getting permission to go and shoot a video in there. I was hassled at a Catholic community mausoleum shooting a video, but I didn't have a staff member with me, like you did here (I think) Just curious on the rules, obstacles you may have run into, if any? Great video, well done!!
I just called and asked and they were gracious
WHY WHY WHY would someone want to be stuck in such a horrible place?? Spookiest, creepiest possible place to be!!
Kari, great video. This looks like a very beautiful place for a final resting place. What you are calling the "cremation niche" is actually called a "columbarium". Many Episcopal (and I believe Catholic) churches will have one built in them for the cremains to be placed in the church. The National Cathedral in Washington D.C. has a beautiful columbarium in it as well as caskets (these are placed throughout the sanctuary and chapels beneath the floors).
I have always thought mausoleum crypts & colombariums were the same... to place the urns with the deceased ashes, or an ossuary with fully decayed bones. Didn't quite expect whole coffins to be placed behind the walls.
Deja-vu. I could be wrong, but I think I may have been there before. Or, at least seen it. Lol! Nice video Kari! Honestly, the place looks very similar to Crown Hill Mortuary Mausoleums.
That was wonderful, such a beautiful place. I can tell you were taken aback by it. My question is; I've seen a few mausoleum burials and they've always slid the "naked" casket right in, do they later take it out and wrap it prior to sealing so the family doesn't have to see it?
Beautiful cemetery!
My great grandparents "invested" in a single family unit that held 8. I think they had in mind that family multiply and others would be entombed there. As life would have it, not all the crypts are filled. People marry and have their own families...you get the picture. Its still a nice quiet space to sit and reflect upon who they were and how they loved one another. I hope to be placed there with my spouse after death. No kids so I think its a perfect place to spend eternity.
Very nice!
Kari, you should see HOLY SEPULCHER MAUSOLEUM in Summit, Illinois---It dwarfs this one by quite a bit.
I will add it to the list!
I love these types of videos! Could you do more please?!?
Kari Northey: Maybe some more mausoleum tours and possibly a full or slight funeral home tour if possible.
This totally made me do a doubletake -- my grandparents and greatgrandparents are buried at Holy Sepulchre, and my parents have burial plots there. ...And then you said it's in Michigan. The one they all are at/will be at is in California ;) I guess it's a popular name, but crazier is that they look SUPER similar, so I thought it was the same place at first!
It's in Hayward, CA. Do you think it's possible these cemeteries are part of a chain, or it's just really ironic with the name and them looking so similar stylistically?
Thank you for your channel!
Hi Kari...Great Video Always Wondered Which 1 Would Be Better 4 Me Burial Or Crypt !!! I Like The Crypt Better Seems Cleaner. Just Can’t See My Self Buried In The Ground !!! Thnx 4 The Tour...All Set Now !! U As My Funeral Director & Crypt It Is 4 Me !!! Lol....
Oh Forgot 2 Ask...Which One Is Least Expensive!! Or Is It Basically Around The Same Costs!!!! Thnx...
I`m not a fan of above ground burials because often old mausoleums fell in decay and disrepair but that room on 10:00 with wooden front paneling look realy great, it look worm and homey, more mausoleums should do that.
You have to get a gimbal. The motion noise is really annoying. You are wrong at 3:34. They are interred side by side. If there were two caskets in the same crypt long-ways you would not have single crypts that are behind you.
Nice tour!
Thanks!
My entire family is buried at Holy Sepulchre.
very nice
Thank you for the video. I have missed feelings. The place is beautiful. However, I can't help but think about the number of hungry people who could be fed and educated with the money spent. I know that the families have probably given a lot of money but.... I think of Pope Francis - he does not live in the papal palace. He lives in an ordinary building with other clergy. I have been a Catholic and this is one of the questions I cannot answer. Also, I am sure you did this video for educational reasons. The video was great and informative. Again, thanks!
They could never recreate that mausoleum because of the cost
Jesus said, "The poor you will always have with you,..." Does that mean we shouldn't help them? No, but as is written in Ecclesiastes, "There is a time to every purpose." Helping the Poor would consist of most of the Corporal Works of Mercy, but Burying the Dead is also one of them. It's not an either/or proposition. We give glory to God in our efforts, and even when we build these great edifices, including the Papal Palace. And when we bury the dead, we do so with the respect due, and knowing that they will rise again on the last day.
Interesting stuff! 👍🏼
Beautiful
Where is this cemetery located. We have one by the Northwestern, Il. Just outside of Chicago.
Can you use a crypt for a cremated remains in a urn? Can I also have my cremated remains of my past cats with me? They have their own boxes.
You can
Youhave to check your state and cemetery laws
That is a beautiful place. Check out the Abby mausoleum at Westview Cemetery in Atlanta. There is also a video on TH-cam. This is where I along with most of my family have crypts. I enjoy all your videos.
It is kinda pretty in a way. But why does the casket sit in that foil? What is a exploding casket ?????😮😮😮😮
Kari, I hope you get this question. When someone dies and doesn't have a will, if they are married, does the spouse have the legal right to make funeral/disposition arrangements even if they are contrary to what other family members might want?
So, does each rank get a say or does it go in order. In other words, if there is no legal spouse than it falls to children, etc?
What's the cost of regulating the temperature
Thank you Kari! I like mausoleums--you should see the Great Mausoleum in Forest Lawn, Glendale CA where many famous movie stars are buried...looks like a Cathedral...very peaceful. I like that one can sit beside the grave of a loved one regardless of the weather. I would choose one of these.
People I love are here
So nice
Cheers grate content Thanks
I want to be cremated but ill never understand why anyone would want to be in a mausoleum
Different options for different opinions :)
I have a question (just curious maybe) my grandmother was laid to rest in her hometown of Louisiana. She is resting peacefully in a vault, however, the vaults sit atop of the ground? I live in CA and though I’m not just hanging around cemeteries often, it just made me wonder what is that called or why are those vaults above the ground?
In Louisiana since most of it is below sea level, the water table is very high. Burying someone is taking a risk that the casket will float out of the ground. I know during Katrina many floated and had to be reidentified. Even those in tombs above ground floated. It was very sad.
Sharon Martin thank you for replying. Wow that is devastating😞 I didn’t even think of that
Kari Northey thank you for your reply Kari!
lots of my family lay here
Very nice
Take a trip to white chapel troy michigan very extravegent
Thanks I will look into it!
Because there is no grave, vault.... are mausoleums cheaper than ground burials?
Hey Kari! I loved this video! I was wondering, do people go for that new 'eco' burial where it turns them into a tree? I would want to do something like that or get cremated... I hear that new eco thing is very expensive tho lol
Kari Northey I'm from Cleveland Ohio, I'm sorry I forgot to tell you that on the other video... I just heard about a family burning a family member by a ocean or lake on a pier... I was wondering, Is there certain laws you would have to do to do that?
Kari Northey I believe it was on TH-cam, but it may have been Indians or Africans in the Amazons that were doing it... I don't remember lol but I had seen that and was curious
Why is the High Altar gated off ?
My Great Grand Father is buried there.
@@KaritheMortician Not since the 90's. I live in Hawaii, am from Wayne-Westland area.
Here in California, cannot have dowels in crypt.
Thank you for sharing
I don't live far from JFK alleged killer that is buried in Texas. People would steal the tombstone from his grave. So the family left it unmarked. The Shannon Hills Cemetery on the east side of Fort Worth doesn't tell people where the Oswald's grave is located. The original casket Oswald was buried in was stolen after Oswald's reburial. The family sued to get the casket back. Thanks for the information. Regards...
Vatican City can built another just like this one.. They got the money!!
Thanks
How come they can build a facility of this type in 1950 but it would be cost prohibitive today?
Simple...the dollar went further then than it does now.
Music is too loud
thank you
So how are they ventilated so the corpse doesn’t explode / smell
Kari Northey I’m still amazed how nothing leaks out - like decomposing sludge regardless of the lining, it’s pretty amazing really
Kari Northey is from the UK we don’t have many of these but I know it’s super popular in America, I think they look really regal places and peaceful
Kari Northey that’s true! They are really regal royal looking in my opinion I know not very economical in terms of a natural decomposition and being one with the earth but for some reason they look so classic
Kari Northey not sure if you’ve visited forest lawn Glendale that place is beautful
There not called crypt hun there called mosoliuem volts
It is a crypt
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$200K for a few concrete slabs? I'm in the wrong business!
Since God created the Heavens and Earth, wouldn't it be reasonable to say that all ground is sacred?
Give me drainage and vents ...
Great until the Catholic Church stops maintaining it. Had to move my relatives from a so called Catholic mausoleum failing apart
All mausoleums have problems with maintenance. Not just Catholic church. Some even go bankrupt before they get full. So expensive to maintain. TH-cam is full of videos of abandon mausoleums. There is a dark side to mausoleum that needs to be pointed out to people before they buy one. th-cam.com/video/cKf3z8DtTU4/w-d-xo.html
Lined. Because the caskets leak and sometimes explode from rotting bodies. GROSS
I thought that was only a problem in hot climates. Even in Michigan got to keep climate controlled. It is beautiful with that marble and architecture. Not for me!