History

Three Centuries of Caring.

Since 1964 Pawtuxet Memorial Park has earned acclaim as "a fine tradition" for development of a graceful and distinguished park-like setting and for its expert and conscientious service. It is a non-sectarian cemetery, open to all faiths. A pastoral setting in the midst of Warwick.

Pawtuxet Memorial Park has carried on three centuries of caring when it was organized in continuance of the Arnold Burying Ground (et. circa 1821), and New Pawtuxet (est. 1928). Besides maintaining these three cemeteries, Pawtuxet Memorial Park holds substantial adjacent acreage that serves as a land reserve for future generations. This resource has been carefully developed into a beautiful park-like cemetery with wide curving avenues and a wide variety of trees and shrubs.

What is a Cemetery?

"A cemetery is a history of people - a perpetual record of yesterday and a sanctuary of peace and quiet today. A cemetery exists because every life is worth loving and remembering - always."

"Communities accord respect, families bestow reverence, historians seek information and our heritage is thereby enriched."

"Testimonies of devotion, pride and remembrance are carved in stone to pay warm tribute to accomplishments and to the life - not death - of a loved one. The cemetery is homeland for family memorials that are a sustaining source of comfort to the living."