Gravel Lawn Cemetery

08/29/2025

08/19/2025

🕊️ Cremation Memorial Options at Gravel Lawn Cemetery

At Gravel Lawn Cemetery, we understand how important it is to choose a memorial that truly reflects your loved one’s life. We offer several dignified and lasting cremation memorials, each one customizable to your wishes:

🌿 Columbarium Niches – Secure, above-ground placement with personalized engraving.
🪑 Granite Memorial Benches – Laser-etched and designed to hold cremated remains, offering a peaceful place to reflect.
🪦 Traditional Monuments with Cremation Compartments – Upright or lawn-level markers adapted to hold cremation urns.

Whether you’re planning ahead or making arrangements today, our team is here to guide you with care and clarity.

📍 Visit us in Fortville or learn more: www.gravellawncemetery.com

08/11/2025

Honoring Over a Century of Care

For more than 100 years, Gravel Lawn Cemetery has been a place of peace, reflection, and remembrance—nestled in a beautiful wooded valley just outside Fortville.

As a not-for-profit cemetery, we are dedicated to providing respectful, affordable care for families during life’s most difficult moments.

🕊️ Our Services:
• Traditional graves, cremation options, and Babyland
• Beautifully maintained grounds with a full-time caretaker
• On-site chapel for services
• Complete record keeping & family history support

📖 Learn more about our history and memorial options:
➡️ gravellawncemetery.com

08/05/2025

Choosing the Right Monument Material? Here’s What to Know

At Gravel Lawn Cemetery, we help families choose meaningful, lasting memorials every day. Not sure whether granite, bronze, or marble is right for your loved one’s monument?

✅ Granite is durable, affordable, and comes in many colors.
✅ Bronze offers timeless elegance and long-term clarity—perfect for flat markers.
✅ Marble brings classic beauty, but requires more upkeep over time.

Need help deciding? We offer monument consultations and sales directly through our office, ensuring the material meets your needs and cemetery guidelines.

📍 Visit us in Fortville or learn more: www.gravellawncemetery.com

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07/31/2025

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07/29/2025

We’re proud to support Ft Ben Composite Squadron - Wreaths Across America. 🇺🇸

They’re well into their 2025 fundraising campaign, working to ensure each of the 850+ veterans laid to rest here at Gravel Lawn Cemetery is honored with a wreath this December.

We’re grateful for their continued partnership and commitment to remembering those who served.

Thank you for helping us ensure that every hero is remembered, honored, and never forgotten.

Wreaths Across America ("WAA") coordinates wreath-laying ceremonies every December to "Remember, Honor, and Teach" about the sacrifices made by our veterans and their families. Please check out this page to learn how you can help by sponsoring Veterans Remembrance Wreaths or by joining us on Decembe...

07/24/2025

⛪ A Chapel Built by the Community

In 2006, thanks to the generosity of families and friends, Gravel Lawn Cemetery opened its on-site chapel — a peaceful, sheltered space where loved ones can gather for committal services, rain or shine.

This beautiful addition stands as a symbol of community support and compassion. A 30-minute chapel service is included with every interment or inurnment, offering families comfort and convenience during a difficult time.

💚 We’re honored to provide a setting that reflects the care and dignity every family deserves.

Serving Fortville since 1915, Gravel Lawn Cemetery is a nonprofit resting place in a peaceful wooded valley. Locally governed and family-focused, we offer dignified, affordable burial options with a focus on care, tradition, and respect.

07/14/2025

A Dignified Resting Place: The Gravel Lawn Cemetery Ossuary

Honor your loved one in a meaningful and affordable way. Our ossuary is a professionally maintained, shared memorial space offering peace of mind and lasting tribute.

✔️ Lower cost
✔️ Permanent memorialization
✔️ No upkeep for families

An ossuary provides a respectful, shared resting place for cremated remains.

📞 Contact us today to learn more. Simple, dignified, and cared for with compassion.

07/04/2025

FORTVILLE — The Hometown Heroes banners lining the streets in downtown Fortville are sure to garner some extra attention over the upcoming Fourth of July weekend.

07/04/2025

🇺🇸 Celebrating Freedom and Honoring Sacrifice 🇺🇸

This Independence Day, we proudly honor the heroes who have defended our nation and safeguarded the liberties we hold dear.

At Gravel Lawn Cemetery, we remember the generations of brave men and women laid to rest here whose service made our freedom possible. Their courage, dedication, and love of country inspire us all.

As you gather with family and friends this 4th of July, we invite you to visit and reflect on the true meaning of this holiday—freedom, sacrifice, and unity.

Wishing everyone a safe, joyful, and patriotic Independence Day.

06/27/2025

🌿 A Place to Remember and Reflect 🌿

Here at Gravel Lawn Cemetery, we know how important it is to have a peaceful spot to visit, remember, and celebrate the lives of the people we love. Every headstone tells a story, and every visit keeps those memories alive.

If you haven’t been by in a while, summer is a beautiful time to walk the grounds, bring flowers, or just spend a quiet moment reflecting.

We’re always here to answer questions or help you explore options for honoring your loved ones.

💚 Gravel Lawn Cemetery—where memories are cherished and stories live on.

06/03/2025

At Gravel Lawn Cemetery, we’ve proudly served the Fortville community since 1915, offering a beautifully maintained, park-like setting for honoring loved ones.

We provide:

Affordable burial plots

Family lot options

Pre-planning services for peace of mind

Our commitment to care, compassion, and integrity is at the heart of everything we do. Whether you’re visiting family, attending a special event, or simply taking a moment to reflect, Gravel Lawn Cemetery offers a serene space to connect with history and loved ones.

💙 Come visit us today and see why families have trusted us for generations.