Best Pet Cemetery Antioch Near Me

4worldlovers: Our mission is to provide guidance and wisdom on end of-life services. While we do charge for our services in what has become a very commercial industry, we are committed as a charity to offer innovative programs that provide financial assistance, free options, and programs to meet the needs of our faith community.


CFCS is here to help bereaved Catholic families suffering the loss of a loved one. Too often, that suffering is combined with physical and social isolation, and the Church has a chance to fill the void of loss with faith and compassion. Our qualified Pastoral Ministers’ will make contact with our recently bereaved families, offering prayer, consolation, and comfort to those in a time of suffering.


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Holy Cross Cemetery, with its two distinct facilities, is rooted along either side of East 18th Street in the historic city of Antioch. When the founding Dominican Fathers first arrived in Eastern Contra Costa County they established a traditional Catholic parish burial ground, Holy Cross Cemetery, to minister to the needs of the resident Catholics and their families.


Later, the Diocese of Oakland assumed responsibility for Holy Cross Cemetery and expanded the services to more fully minister to the local and regional Catholic community. During this time the cemetery extended its location along East 18th Street and now spans a full fifty-five acres. A little over a third of the cemetery has been developed, leaving thirty-five acres of consecrated land free to meet the needs of our current and future faith community.


In 1968, development of this burial ground opened with two garden mausoleum crypt structures and a full two-acre lawn section for ground burials. The second mausoleum, completed in 1982, contains a chapel for entombment services as well as the memorial Masses that are celebrated each month. In 1992, a third beautiful garden complex was constructed with additional crypts, niches, and a new section for ground burial. Extensive landscaping now defines Holy Cross Cemetery, creating a pastoral serenity to what is one of the oldest cemeteries in the Oakland Diocese.

The lush grounds are proudly maintained and cared for, creating a peaceful, serene experience for our visitors. In 2007, Holy Cross planted vineyards in the rolling hills of the cemetery to provide grapes for sacramental wine in the Oakland Diocese. Rock Wall Wine Company of Alameda is producing a sacramental rosé wine using 100% of the grapes grown at the cemetery.


Over the course of the cemetery’s 136 years of service, more than 10,000 committal services have taken place. Holy Cross Cemetery currently supports the burial needs of nine eastern Contra Costa County parishes, providing options for traditional ground burial, cremation niche, mausoleum crypts, and family estates. In addition, Holy Cross Cemetery provides funeral and cremation services to the community, becoming a complete resource for your cemetery and funeral needs. WWhether you are interested in advanced planning or in need of immediate assistance, our Family Service Advisors and Funeral staff are available to offer support and guidance to our families.


Holy Cross Cemetery & Funeral Center also offers various special programs and events for our faith community throughout the year, serving the living and honoring loved ones that have gone before us.


Memorial Mass is held on the first Saturday of each month.

4worldlovers: Dr. Cheryl’s journey throughout life has helped shape how she interacts with animals and people.


Dr. Cheryl Ramos has been providing caring home euthanasia services for over a decade. Each family she helps care for leaves her with experiences that continue to shape her behavior and desire to help people in their time of need.

Dr. Cheryl Ramos is a UC Davis College of Veterinary Medicine graduate and a native Californian. After graduating from UC Davis, she moved to Florida to train with veterinary specialists during a one-year internship program. She returned home to the East Bay Area and worked as an emergency and critical care veterinarian for more than 10 years.

Dr. Cheryl Ramos is also certified in Jikiden Reiki. Dr. Ramos became interested in energy healing modalities after hearing multiple pet parents express they themselves or their child had the same medical condition as their animal family member.

Our animals are cherished members of the family. Our animal family members impact our relationships and help us to define the quality and style of our lives. Because of these close bonds, euthanasia can be one of the most difficult decisions to make in our lifetime, but it can also be one of the most compassionate.

The decision to euthanize can be a consuming and exhaustive emotional process. You may experience many different feelings ranging from guilt, sorrow, anger, or frustration to name only a few. One day you may feel it is time to say good-bye, whereas on another day you may not. In addition, some family members may feel it is time to say good-bye where others disagree. These situations can result in conflict and heightened stress and anxiety for the entire family, including our animal family members. I believe our stress, fear, and anxiety has an even greater negative impact on our animal family members due to their high level of sensitivity. I believe our animals want to take care of us and bring us joy, so when we are upset it disrupts their natural state of being. As a result, they unnecessarily expend additional energy in an already energy-depleted body which further negatively impacts their quality of life.

Understanding from friends, counselors, family and veterinary professionals can help guide you during the euthanasia decision making process.

Dr. Ramos, (Cheryl), at Pets Eternal Rest can help support you not only through this process but can help YOU support your animal. For more information please contact Dr. Ramos at 925-408-5112.

Preplanning allows families to take time in advance to understand the process and timing of euthanasia services, explore options and have questions answered. In addition, pre-planning will not only help determine what your animal’s needs are but what needs you have too.

We typically grieve far in advance to the decision to euthanize. Each family member including our animal family members have their own unique grieving process. In addition to understanding each individual has their own process, it is extremely beneficial to recognize your feelings from others and not comingle them. If you can identify and separate your feelings from others you can be empowered to transform them if desired. Once undesired feelings are recognized they can be transformed to allow for a more positive experience for yourself, your family and especially for your ill animal. Our actions and I believe our thoughts affect our animals to a great degree. For this reason, I feel it is not only important to be mentally aware of what we are thinking and feeling but be open to changing our thoughts in order to better support and improve our entire family’s wellbeing.