(815) 965-1450

Fax: (815) 965-9632
ccc@rockcem.org

Office Located at
Calvary Cemetery

8616 West State Street
Winnebago, Illinois, 61088

Monday – Friday
9:00 AM until 3:30 PM
by appointment only

Closed Weekends

T​he first parishes within the city of Rockford were St. Mary Parish and St. James Parish. These parishes located their cemeteries next to each other – which is why the cemetery today is called St. Mary/St. James Cemetery. The first burials were prior to 1850.

Information on graves, mausoleum and niche spaces available can be given by the personnel at the Office of Catholic Cemeteries, located in Calvary Catholic Cemetery; 815-965-1450.

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 St. Mary’s & St. James 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.

- The Team at St. Mary’s & St. James Cemetery -

  • Monica Sifuentes

    Family Service Representative

  • Tatiana Mandujano

    Family Service Representative

  • Todd Endress

    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.