Valhalla-Gaerdner-Holten Funeral Home & Valhalla Gardens

Valhalla-Gaerdner-Holten Funeral Home & Valhalla Gardens Louis area. We also can assist in your time of need nationally and internationally.

Valhalla-Gaerdner-Holten Funeral Home and Valhalla Gardens of Memory serve families in the Belleville, Illinois area and throughout the Metro East and Greater St.

04/05/2026

From our family to yours ✝️

Former cemetery superintendent and long time employee, Gary Popp 💔
04/01/2026

Former cemetery superintendent and long time employee, Gary Popp 💔

Celebrate the life of Gary Popp, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Valhalla-Gaerdner-Holten Funeral Home & Valhalla Gardens.

With cremation rates rising more every year, we’ve developed more areas with multiple options for cremation memorializat...
03/28/2026

With cremation rates rising more every year, we’ve developed more areas with multiple options for cremation memorialization.

Our Tranquility Garden shows several different options including estate areas where cremation burial and casket burial is combined to keep your family together.

Call 618-233-3110 to reserve a private tour.

Gorgeous spring day today with the first tree blooms looking so pretty!
03/28/2026

Gorgeous spring day today with the first tree blooms looking so pretty!

Trivia night for the Belleville Optimists to support our city. Even found my high school band director and his wife! ❤️
03/22/2026

Trivia night for the Belleville Optimists to support our city. Even found my high school band director and his wife! ❤️

Such a great morning visiting our friends at BAHS to drop off some donations recently collected.We got to get up close a...
03/19/2026

Such a great morning visiting our friends at BAHS to drop off some donations recently collected.

We got to get up close and personal with Floyd and Thor-just two of the many shelter residents. Though due to this visit, Thor might have found his forever home! Did you know that Veterans can adopt a shelter pet without an adoption fee? 🇺🇸❤️

Thanks to everyone at the shelter who puts lots of love, sweat, and energy into advocating and protecting those who can’t protect themselves! ❤️🫶🏻❤️

It’s National Funeral Director Day! Thanks to all of our hard working directors who always put the families for whom we...
03/11/2026

It’s National Funeral Director Day! Thanks to all of our hard working directors who always put the families for whom we care first ❤️

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3412 Frank Scott Pkwy West
Belleville, IL
62223

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Valhalla-Gaerdner-Holten Funeral Home in Belleville, Illinois, was founded in September 1930 by Jefferson Bush (J.B.) Azbill. For over 85 years, we have remained dedicated to helping families plan funeral and cremation services that celebrate their loved ones, growing into the full-service funeral home we are today.

Early Years

The cemetery, which was originally known as Valhalla Burial Park, was the 1st memorial lawn burial park in southwestern Illinois. Development was made up of themed garden sections with spacious lots and walkways surrounded by various trees, bushes and flowers. Memorials were custom, decorative, flat bronze on concrete foundations to maintain a park-like setting.

Azbill passed away suddenly in 1936, after a short illness. His widow, Freda Azbill, took over management and development of the Belleville funeral home and cemetery. Freda remained active as president for 54 years until her death in 1990. Freda was responsible for producing and staging the Avenue of Flags in 1951.