The establishment of Bethlehem Church and cemetery was by the early German settlers in the Territory of Michigan, 1833.
We are a non-profit cemetery with ties to many Christian as well as non-Christian religious organizations. Believers and non-believers alike are buried here. Currently, Bethlehem United Church of Christ owns and operates the cemetery, and the volunteer board is elected by the congregation.
There are approximately 3700 different owners of “Burial rights” at Bethlehem Cemetery and are about 8,835 burials, of whom nearly 600 are veterans. About 50 burials in the cemetery have the last name of Allmendinger; and about 40 are named Schmid.
This past Memorial Day we assisted the American Legion Post #46 in setting up nearly 600 US flags with help from THE BETHLEHEM VETERANS AND FRIENDS church group.
There are 640 columbarium niches, with 440 owned and 200 available; they contain 300 cremains to date. A memorial garden is also available. The intact or cremated remains may be interred in-ground or above-ground in a columbarium.