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St. John’s Cemetery

Volunteers place flags at private cemeteries, honoring Riverhead’s military heroes dating back to the Civil War

by May 24, 2020
Among the military heroes honored Saturday by volunteers placing flags at graves in St. John's Cemetery and Riverhead Cemetery were the first Riverhead man killed in World War I and Suffolk's only Medal of Honor Recipient in the Vietnam War.

After pressure from unhappy cemetery visitors, diocese grounds crew working at St. John’s Cemetery today

by May 11, 2015
Catholic Cemeteries grounds workers are at work this morning mowing the grass at St. John’s Cemetery in Riverhead, following at outcry from family members...

An unhappy Mother’s Day surprise: Cemetery visitors incensed by conditions of grounds at St. John’s

by May 9, 2015
Local residents marking Mother’s Day this year by visiting their deceased mothers’ graves at St. John’s Cemetery in Riverhead should be prepared for a shock.

Under new management: Diocese enforces rules at St. John’s Cemetery, clears out decorations, perennial plants

by Apr 15, 2015
Some family members visiting their loved ones' graves for Easter were surprised and angered to find memorial decorations, plaques and plants gone from the grave sites.