Valhalla-Gaerdner-Holten Funeral Home & Valhalla Gardens

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Valhalla-Gaerdner-Holten Funeral Home and Valhalla Gardens of Memory serve families in the Belleville, Illinois area and throughout the Metro East and Greater St.

02/27/2026
Attended the Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast today and enjoyed our friends in the Belleville West Choir led by director, Jeanni...
02/25/2026

Attended the Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast today and enjoyed our friends in the Belleville West Choir led by director, Jeannine Moeller! What a great leader for our music community! Blessed to serve the Belleville and surrounding communities.

02/20/2026

Total vase and grave clean off by staff is the first week of March! Please don’t put out anything new until March Week 2!

Staff and friends supported the Friends of the Belleville Public Library on Saturday night at Althoff for a trivia night...
02/17/2026

Staff and friends supported the Friends of the Belleville Public Library on Saturday night at Althoff for a trivia night fundraiser.

New gutters on the funeral home today! Painting comes next. It’s so exciting.!
02/12/2026

New gutters on the funeral home today! Painting comes next. It’s so exciting.!

02/10/2026

Since snow covered our graves for the decoration removal, we are leaving grave blankets/decorations until our complete clean off on the first full week of March.

Our staff will begin COMPLETE clean off Sun, March 1. If you want to save your decorations, please come remove your decorations prior to this date.

It is safe to place spring decorations beginning Sun, March 8 in vases only! Anything placed outside the vase will be removed as mowing/trimming will begin soon!

It sure is pretty, but wow! That’s a lot of snow! Our roads are pretty clear for travel now but all graveside services...
01/26/2026

It sure is pretty, but wow! That’s a lot of snow! Our roads are pretty clear for travel now but all graveside services will be held in our warm and safe mausoleum until further notice and a lot of snow thaw. Thanks for understanding the need for safety this winter.

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3412 Frank Scott Pkwy West
Belleville, IL
62223

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+16182333110

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Valhalla-Gaerdner-Holten Funeral Home in Belleville, Illinois, was founded in September 1930 by Jefferson Bush (J.B.) Azbill. For over 85 years, we have remained dedicated to helping families plan funeral and cremation services that celebrate their loved ones, growing into the full-service funeral home we are today.

Early Years

The cemetery, which was originally known as Valhalla Burial Park, was the 1st memorial lawn burial park in southwestern Illinois. Development was made up of themed garden sections with spacious lots and walkways surrounded by various trees, bushes and flowers. Memorials were custom, decorative, flat bronze on concrete foundations to maintain a park-like setting.

Azbill passed away suddenly in 1936, after a short illness. His widow, Freda Azbill, took over management and development of the Belleville funeral home and cemetery. Freda remained active as president for 54 years until her death in 1990. Freda was responsible for producing and staging the Avenue of Flags in 1951.