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 Our History
Windsor Grove Cemetery was established in 1866
when Windsor was still a small town. The cemetery’s
growth and expansion parallels the city’s history.
This heavily treed site, bounded by Giles Boulevard, Howard
Avenue, Mercer Street and Ellis Road, is the final resting
place of many notable Windsor families, founding fathers,
and community leaders.
Perhaps one of the most famous inhabitants
of Windsor Grove is Gordon McGregor, who helped establish
Ford Canada in Windsor in 1904 (seated in driver’s
seat above). His funeral cortege in 1922 was at the time,
the largest ever in Windsor.
Contrary
to common belief, plots are still available at Windsor
Grove Cemetery. |
Frederic Scott Seagrave, a highly successful
local fire truck manufacturer born in the U.S., is interred
in an unusual dome-shaped mausoleum on the Windsor Grove
grounds. The former Seagrave factory still stands on Walker
Road in Windsor.
Our sister cemetery,
the spacious Windsor Memorial Gardens Cemetery and Cremation
Centre, opened in 1968 in the outskirts of Windsor. As the
city has grown, Windsor Memorial has expanded its services
and acquired additional property thus offering even more
options to area residents. Both cemeteries have grave sites
available for individual, companion and family use.
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