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Town of Spruce
Oconto County, Wisconsin
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The old
Sacred Heart Cemetery is on the east side of North Porcupine Lake Road, just
south of Arndt Road. It is well maintained,
sitting back quite a
way west from the road frontage along a dirt entry road and is surrounded by a
chain fence.
A park bench and
well water hand pump welcomes you at the entrance.
As with many early
cemeteries, stillborn and infants who died before being baptized
were buried along
the fence, mostly at the back of the cemetery.
These graves were
dug by the family and generally not marked or recorded,
so the infant's
family and place of burial are often not known.
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The
cemetery is affiliated with the former Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church
which is just
south of the cemetery
on the east side of
North Porcupine Road.
The church is now
named Holy Family Church.