Cemetery Sexton

**Job Description**
Position Title: Cemetery Sexton


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Revised: 5/21/2025


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Position Summary:


Responsible for the overall management and daily management of cemetery grounds.


Actions required to be consistent with Culture and Values:

* Connect to Inspire: Connect with each individual person and ignite their desire to accomplish the vision and mission of the Church.
* Embrace People’s Hearts: See Christ in all who are served and treat each person with respect and honor with positive regard and appreciation for all individuals.
* Empowered to Act: Take personal responsibility for diocesan mission, vision and culture with a personal desire for accountability to reach souls for God.
* Explore Potential: Nurture and challenge the God-given potential and gifts in others so they translate their own potential into action and reach the hearts of even more people through missionary discipleship.
* Nurture Abundant Life and Growth: Actively nurture life and growth of each individual with a desire to cultivate their own ability to inspire discipleship in others. Cultivate leaders and teams outside of their comfort zone in their personal journey of discipleship actions.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:


K: Knowledge

* Federal regulations: knowing the laws and regulations required by the federal governments.
* Document preparation practices: Knowing how documents should be written.

S: Skills

* Computer skills
* Compassionate customer service
* Strong organizational record-keeping

A: Abilities

* The ability to organize
* The ability to analyze issues
* The ability to communicate verbally and in writing

Duties and Responsibilities:

* Support the mission of St. Anthony and St. Patrick Parishes
* Burial coordination – schedule and oversee interments, disinterment’s, and grave openings/closings in coordination with funeral directors, grave digger and families
* Sexton can personally perform the interments, disinterment’s or choose to have a contractor take care of the digging.
* Records Administration – Maintain accurate maps, plot ownership details, and historical burial records
* Assist individuals/families with plot sales, answer genealogy inquires, and explain cemetery rules and regulations

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Physical/Visual/Mental Demands:

* Position requires ability to react to fast-paced customer and parish demands, verbally converse with other individuals; move and lifts objects of 20 pounds; must stand for most of work hours; requires use of office equipment including telephone, personal computer, and use fax and copy machine.

Typical Working Conditions:


Ability to work outdoors in all weather conditions, walk on uneven terrain, and lift up to 50 pounds


Nature of Supervision Received:

* Works independently within the authority limits and experience level. Requires individual initiative in recognition and research of customer’s needs and problems.

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