(847) 468-6910

Fax: (847) 468-6909
mth@rockcem.org

Office On Site

Monday, Wednesday, Friday
9:00 AM until 2:00 PM
by appointment only

Closed Weekends

Mount Hope Cemetery became a cemetery of the Diocese of Rockford in 1908, the same year the Diocese of Rockford was incorporated. Mount Hope Cemetery’s total acreage is approximately 16 acres. It offers grave spaces, garden mausoleum spaces, niche spaces, cremation graves, and graves with vaults already placed, (two burials, two vaults, one space.) The cemetery’s rolling hills are found on the far east side of Elgin, in Cook County. Mass is celebrated each Memorial Day at 9:00 am, weather permitting. Preceding mass on Memorial Day is an honor guard for the Veterans buried at Mount Hope. Cemetery Committal Services can be arranged either graveside or in the beautiful Chapel that is on the cemetery grounds.

Cemetery Clean-up

Full cemetery clean-up is conducted March 1-15 and November 1-15.

All decorations will be removed and discarded during these dates.

If you wish to save placed decorations, please remove them from the gravesite before the first of these months.

- Burial Options at Mount Hope Cemetery -

In-Ground Burial Spaces

Traditional in-ground graves that can consist of a casket burial, cremation burial, or a combination of both.

Cremation Burial Spaces

Cremation burial has many choices including in-ground burial and above-ground options.

Mausoleum Burial Spaces

Above-ground entombment is the placement of a deceased person’s body or cremated remains in a crypt or niche within a mausoleum or columbarium.

Private Mausoleums

Private mausoleums provide a unique, custom built option for families and the generations to come. Options consist of caskets, urns, or a combination of both.

- The Team at Mount Hope Cemetery -

  • Marci Perez-Giambalvo

    Family Service Representative

  • Andrew Forbes

    Field Superintendent

  • Ken Giambalvo

    Director of Cemeteries

What do our Cemeteries offer?

For us, this is more than a responsibility—it is a ministry. We remain faithful to our mission by offering guidance, comfort, and reverence at every step.