St. Hedwig Cemetery is a Catholic cemetery and

mausoleum A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person's remains is called a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be consid ...

located in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1924, and is operated by the Conventual Franciscans of Saint Bonaventure Province. Spanning some of land, it is landscaped and adorned with numerous monuments, as well as a large

. It is named for Saint

Hedwig of Andechs Hedwig of Silesia ( pl, Święta Jadwiga Śląska), also Hedwig of Andechs (german: Heilige Hedwig von Andechs, la, Hedvigis; 1174 – 15 October 1243), a member of the Bavarian comital House of Andechs, was Duchess of Silesia from 1201 and o ...

. Though the metropolitan Detroit area has historically had a large number of persons of Polish heritage, the cemetery was not named for Jadwiga of Poland, the Queen of Poland who was canonized a saint in 1997.

Notable burials

St. Hedwig Cemetery has the interred remains of several World War I and World War II veterans.

Daniel S. Paletko Daniel S. Paletko (December 21, 1950December 29, 2020) was an American politician who served as mayor of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, from 2004 to 2020. Early life and education Paletko was born on December 21, 1950. Paletko graduated from Crestw ...

(1950–2020) is interred at St. Hedwig Cemetery. Paletko had previously served as a state representative, and at the time of his death, was the mayor of Dearborn Heights. Also, Olympic figure skater Chris Bowman (1967–2008) is buried at St. Hedwig.

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