Mount Olivet Cemetery (Janesville, Wisconsin)

See Mount Olivet Cemetery for other cemeteries with this name.

Mount Olivet Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery located in Janesville, Wisconsin. The cemetery is operated by the Diocese of Madison Cemetaries. The cemetery is located at 1827 N. Washington st.

Mount Olivet Cemetery was established in the mid-nineteenth century in Janesville as the Mount Olivet Cemetery Association. In the early 1970’s, the diocese incorporated the cemetery into the Diocesan Cemetery network. The cemetery is located on the west side of the Rock River on North Washington Street, not far from downtown Janesville, and serves the parishes of St. William, St. John Vianney, St. Patrick, and Nativity of Mary.

Notable burials

• Tom Morrissey, Major League Baseball
• John Morrissey, Major League Basebal
• Fr. George Strickner, Catholic Missionary

External links

• http://www.madisondiocese.org/Locations/MountOlivetCemeteryJanesville/tabid/1166/Default.aspx