About Goleta Cemetery
Goleta Cemetery is a cemetery near Goleta, Santa Barbara County, California. It lies about 2.7 mi west of Goleta. The grounds sit at about 62 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 10 notable people buried here, including Robert Muller, Alexander J. McIvor-Tyndall and Ellwood Cooper. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 271344. The nearest other listed cemetery is La Patera Catholic Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the east. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Smart Cremation in Santa Barbara, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 17 cemeteries we list in Santa Barbara County, and 4 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Goleta. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Goleta Cemetery
Among them: 3 scientists, 2 World War I veterans, 2 writers.
- Robert Muller1923-2010Civil servant with the United Nations
- Alexander J. McIvor-Tyndall1860-1940English-American mentalist
- Ellwood Cooper1829-1918American horticulturist
- Henryk Minc1919-2013Polish mathematician
- Edgar O. Campbell1867-1947American politician
- Sarah Paxon Moore Cooper1824-1908American botanist and botanical collector
- Vertress Lawrence VanderHoof1904-1964US paleontologist
- Adam T. Zahorski1900-1977Ph.D. University of Michigan 1937
- Roy Gradle1892-1976American gunsmith
- Stephen Rutherford1848-1939
People whose Wikidata entry gives Goleta 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
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What Goleta 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 Goleta Cemetery
- Smart Cremation0.5 miCremation provider · Santa Barbara · (805) 964-6186
- Simply Remembered Cremation Care0.8 miCremation provider · Santa Barbara · (805) 569-7000
- Welch-Ryce-Haider Funeral Chapels2.2 miFuneral home · Goleta · (805) 967-5575
- Pueblo Del Rey Funeral Services2.8 miFuneral home · Santa Barbara · (805) 845-7420
- Simply Remembered Cremation Care3.0 miCremation provider · Santa Barbara · (805) 569-7000
- McDermott-Crockett & Associates Mortuary3.7 miMortuary · Santa Barbara · (805) 202-4944
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