By far the largest cemetery in the county, both in area (29 acres) and in number of burial sites, Guardian Angel is also one of the newest.

In 1914, St. Peter's parish in Stevens Point voted $2,000 for the purchase of twenty acres of land along Main street to use as a cemetery in addition to their existing one on old Wausau road. The Polish-speaking population was rapidly expanding eastward in the city, and need was beginning to be felt for a new Polish church on the east side, which could also use the new cemetery.

The land which the congregation had acquired was merely fenced fields, and remained so until the spring of 1916, when a movement was begun to erect a fence along the front, plant trees, and lay out the grounds, so that lots could be sold.

The first burial at Guardian Angel cemetery took place on the morning of June 12, 1917, when Rev. Stanislaus A. Elbert officiated at the interment of Mrs. Frank Olszewski, née Anastazya Naczak, who died at the age of 47 after a long illness with tuberculosis. Her grave can be seen today in section A2, just to the north of the west gate entrance, alongside that of her husband and their son August.

After the opening of the new St. Stanislaus church, use of Guardian Angel cemetery accelerated. Today there are over 10,000 marked graves, and many others whose markings either never existed or have disappeared.