Mount Olivet Cemetery (Janesville)

See Mount Olivet Cemetery for other cemeteries with this name.

Mount Olivet Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery in Janesville, Wisconsin. It is located on the west side of the Rock River at 1827 North Washington Street. The cemetery is operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Madison Cemeteries.

Mount Olivet Cemetery was established in the mid-nineteenth century in Janesville as the Mount Olivet Cemetery Association. In the early 1970s, the diocese incorporated the cemetery into the diocesan cemetery network. It serves the parishes of St. William, St. John Vianney, St. Patrick, and Nativity of Mary in Janesville.

Notable burials

• John Morrissey, Major League Baseball
• Tom Morrissey, Major League Baseball
• Father George Strickner, Catholic Missionary

External links

• Mount Olivet Cemetery