Established in 1882, River View Cemetery is Portland’s first non-profit endowment care cemetery. Since its beginnings, The River View Cemetery Association has been managed by a volunteer Board of Trustees. Anyone who purchases a grave, crypt, or niche becomes an owner by virtue of being a member of The River View Cemetery Association and are entitled to vote for the Board of Trustees at the Annual Membership Meeting. All board members must be owners of River View Cemetery. We encourage clients to prearrange their desired wishes in order to save their family from having to make important decisions while under the stress of losing a loved one. We strive to ensure our clients understand their options so they may make informed decisions. We have an array of disposition and memorialization options available for families to choose from. Traditional burial or natural burial, crypts, niches, cremation gardens and memorials, cenotaph engraving, and memorial benches just to name a few. For some families, it has been important to design and build a private estate to honor their family and future generations. At our on-site funeral home, we offer traditional flame cremation, water cremation (alkaline hydrolysis), natural (green) burial, as well as traditional embalming and burial. For more detailed information, fill out the contact us form to the right to schedule an appointment, and/or to explore our planning guide. Thank you for visiting River View Cemetery.