Lorraine’s Garden, located at the Wisconsin Humane Society Milwaukee Campus, is a final resting place that honors the affection and joy that our precious companions play in our lives. This lovely setting includes a Meditation Garden, Memory Walk, and Columbarium to inter your companion’s remains.
Columbarium Garden
Lorraine’s Garden provides a beautiful, respectful way for you to acknowledge the importance of the bond between you and your beloved animal.
Your animal’s urn will be in his or her own niche in one of the Columbarium Garden walls. A granite plaque engraved with your message in his or her memory will cap the outside wall. You can also consider adjoining multiple vaults to keep your animal family together.
Fees start at $600 for each 12″ x 12″ granite niche.
Cremation
For those who purchase a niche in Lorraine’s Garden, the Wisconsin Humane Society offers private cremation services for your companion animal under the caring supervision of compassionate veterinary staff.
The cremation takes place at the Wisconsin Humane Society, and their remains are placed in an urn.
Lasting Memorials
Providing a memorial gift to honor a loved one also helps animals and families served by the Wisconsin Humane Society.
You may desire to make a lasting tribute to celebrate anyone – person or animal. There are several options to consider, including one or several of the following:
- Memorial donation for a person or animal
- Personalized tribute to a person or animal on a brick on the Memory Walk
- Naming opportunities for items like benches and statuary
Lorraine Raasch understood the profound bond between people and their companion animals and left resources in her estate for the Wisconsin Humane Society to create a special place like our Memorial Garden.
As a lover of Shetland Sheepdogs, Lorraine kept animals in her heart to the end of her life and we are proud to dedicate this garden in her name.
