Woodmere Cemetery | Founded in 1867 by, among other Detroit businessmen, former Michigan Gov. John Bagley, Woodmere carries a storied past.

The cemetery, 250 acres of sometimes rolling hills off West Fort, is a favorite among the Nightmare Cruisers, who admit that their fascination with death might seem odd to some.

In June 2017, the suit says, the mosque reached an agreement with Woodmere for 1,000 burial plots for $625 each, a total cost of $625,000. After a $100,000 down payment, the mosque would pay ...

At issue, the mosque — the oldest in Michigan — said the 150-year-old cemetery is preventing Muslims from being buried there and seeking to take advantage of them.

DETROIT – Michigan’s oldest mosque sits across the street from Woodmere Cemetery. For years, the American Moslem Society has bought plots in quantity for their members. So far, about 2,000 ...

DETROIT, MI -- Workers at Woodmere Cemetery in Detroit entered a mausoleum about 1 p.m, Thursday to find it had been desecrated by vandals, Detroit police say. Urns containing ashes of the dead ...

Would-be grave robbers struck the historic Woodmere Cemetery in Southwest Detroit on Sunday, breaking into at least one mausoleum and attempting to get into another one. Detroit police said the ...

DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 17.--The fire tragedy near Woodmere Cemetery, by which Frank Knoch, his wife, and two children lost their lives yesterday morning, now proves to have been a murder of the most ...

Fox 2's MyFoxDetroit.com reports the practice has now invaded some Detroit cemeteries (see full report). The eternal resting places of the dead at Woodmere Cemetery , which dates back to 1867, is ...

Detroit - Ruth Selma Schlesser, age 94, died at her home in Detroit, Michigan. A life-long Detroiter, Ruth was born in the City on December 14, 1926. She would go on to attend Wayne State ...