HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH NAZARETH, TX
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  • Home
  • About us
    • Fr. Bhaskar's Page
    • Deacons' Page
    • Staff
    • Join the Parish
    • Contact
    • Mass Schedule
    • Calendar
    • Bulletin
    • Financials, Work Lists, and Nore
  • Parish
    • Parish History >
      • Nuns
      • Priests
    • Parish Council
    • Finance Council
    • Youth Group
    • Knights of Columbus
    • Men's Prayer Group
    • Natural Family Planning
    • Christian Mothers Society
    • Catholic Daughters
    • Labor Day Weekend Parish Picnic & Fund Raiser
    • Christmas Pageant
    • Meals-on-Wheels Program
    • Holy Family Cemetery >
      • Burial guide lines
      • Brochure
      • Cemetery Rules
  • Spiritual
    • Quinceanera
    • Sacraments >
      • Baptism
      • Marriage >
        • Engaged Encounter
        • Marriage encounter
        • Retrouvaille
      • Confirmation
      • Funerals
    • Submit a Prayer Request
    • ACTS Retreat
    • Blessed Sacrament Adoration
    • Christian Formation (CCD)
    • Adult Formation
    • 15- Decade Rosary
    • Diocese of Amarillo
    • R.C.I.A
  • Community/ Events
    • Senior Citizens
    • City of Nazareth
    • German Fest
    • American Legion
    • Food Pantry
    • Community Hall
    • Community Meal
    • N.I.S.D
    • Nazareth Ballpark
  • Diocesan News

Holy Family Cemetery

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IN 1902, JOSEPH REISDORFF, PASTOR AND COLONIZER OF NAZARETH, DEVOTED LAND DONATED BY WILHELMINA THIER TO BE HOLY FAMILY CEMETERY. FIRST INTERMENT WAS THE BODY OF ANNA LACKERMAN, AUGUST 1906. REFLECTING NAZARETH’S HERITAGE, NINE EARLY TOMBSTONES BEAR GERMAN INSCRIPTIONS. IN THE 1940S, ADDITIONS INCLUDED MORE PROPERTY, THE CRUCIFIXION STATUARY, PIPE FENCING, BRICK PILLARS, TREE-LINED WALKS, AND ARCHED GATEWAY.  IN 1985, THE STATUE OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS WAS PLACED IN THE EAST, AND IN 1995, THE UNBORN CHILDREN’S MEMORIAL IN THE WEST. IN 2012, THE NEW JERUSALEM ORATORY WAS DEDICATED FOR VISITORS’ DEVOTION AND CEMETERY INFORMATION. NOTABLE INTERMENTS INCLUDE THREE PRIESTS AND THE ONLY WORLD WAR II DEATH CASUALTY, R.T. DIRKS.  




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