:''See Mount Olivet Cemetery for other cemeteries with this name.'' Mount Olivet Cemetery is a

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. It is located on the west side of the Rock River at 1827 North Washington Street. The cemetery is operated by the

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Cemeteries.

History

Mount Olivet Cemetery was established in Janesville after the local cemetery located atop Courthouse Hill was moved to a new cemetery called Oak Hill at the northwest edge of the city.Carol Lohry Cartwright; Shaffer, Scott; Waller, Randal.
City on the Rock River: Chapters in Janesville's History
'. Janesville, WI: Janesville Historic Commission, 1998, p. 165. Catholic residents of the city, organized as the Mount Olivet Cemetery Association, established a cemetery on 40 acres adjacent to Oak Hill Cemetery. The Catholic cemetery was originally called St. Patrick's, after the local Catholic church, but when a second Catholic church was established, it was renamed Mount Olivet. Later, additional land was added to the cemetery. A small

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style chapel was added to the cemetery in 1901. It contains a replica of

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''.Carol Lohry Cartwright; Shaffer, Scott; Waller, Randal.
City on the Rock River: Chapters in Janesville's History
'. Janesville, WI: Janesville Historic Commission, 1998, p. 166. In the early 1970s, the diocese incorporated the cemetery into the diocesan cemetery network. It serves the parishes of St. William, St. John Vianney, St. Patrick, and Nativity of Mary in Janesville.Diocese of Madison Catholic Cemeteries
Mount Olivet Cemetery – Janesville, Wisconsin

Notable burials

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, Major League Baseball * Tom Morrissey, Major League Baseball *Father George Strickner, Catholic missionary * Joseph Reilly, World War II veteran, Band of Brothers

References

External links

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