About Bayview Cemetery
Bayview Cemetery is a cemetery near Ketchikan, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska. It lies about 1.0 mi northwest of Ketchikan. The grounds sit at about 89 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 6 notable people buried here, including Norman R. Walker, Jack McBride and Oral Freeman. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1420282. The nearest other listed cemetery is Metlakatla Cemetery, about 15 mi to the south. The nearest mortuary we know of is Ketchikan Mortuary in Ketchikan, about 0.6 mi away.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Ketchikan. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Bayview Cemetery
Among them: 2 business leaders, 1 aviator or astronaut, 1 journalist.
- Norman R. Walker1889-1949American politician
- Jack McBride1926-1984American politician
- Oral Freeman1915-2001American politician
- Pete Cessnun1918-1993American politician
- Richard Whittaker1931-2001American politician
- Walter Kubley1921-2010American politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Bayview Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
55.33506, -131.62591
What Bayview Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
Funeral homes near Bayview Cemetery
- Ketchikan Mortuary0.6 miMortuary · Ketchikan · (907) 225-4550
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