About Ascension Cemetery
Ascension Cemetery is a cemetery near Lake Forest, Orange County, California. The grounds sit at about 443 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 7 notable people buried here, including Jean Vander Pyl, Terrence McCann and George Patrick Ziemann. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 269598. The nearest other listed cemetery is El Toro Memorial Park, about 1.0 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Saddleback Chapel Pre-planning Funeral Services in Lake Forest, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 23 cemeteries we list in Orange County, and 2 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 23 listings in Orange County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Lake Forest. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Ascension Cemetery
Among them: 2 actors, 1 football player, 1 baseball player, 1 basketball player, 1 World War II veteran.
- Jean Vander Pyl1919-1999American voice actress
- Terrence McCann1934-2006Olympic wrestler
- George Patrick Ziemann1941-2009Third Roman Catholic bishop of Santa Rosa in California (U.S.)
- Thomas Mikal Ford1964-2016American actor
- Tom Fears1922-2000American football player and coach
- Lou Stringer1917-2008American baseball player
- Ed Bento1940-2013College basketball player (1960-1962) Loyola Marymount
People whose Wikidata entry gives Ascension 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
33.65141, -117.69532
What Ascension 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
- El Toro Memorial Park25751 Trabuco Road, Lake Forest, CAMemorial park1.0 mi
- Pacific View Memorial ParkCosta Mesa, CAMemorial park9.5 mi
- Mission CemeterySan Juan Capistrano, CACemetery10 mi
- Historic Landmark Mission CemeterySan Juan Capistrano, CACemetery10 mi
- Holy Sepulcher CemeteryVilla Park, CACemetery12 mi
- St. John's Lutheran CemeteryOrange, CALutheran cemetery12 mi
- Santa Ana Cemetery1919 East Santa Clara Avenue, Santa Ana, CACemetery12 mi
- Fairhaven Memorial Park1702 Fairhaven Avenue, Santa Ana, CAMemorial park12 mi
- Fairhaven Memorial Park and MortuaryOrange, CAMemorial park12 mi
- Harbor Lawn-Mount Olive Memorial ParkFountain Valley, CAMemorial park13 mi
Funeral homes near Ascension Cemetery
- Saddleback Chapel Pre-planning Funeral Services0.5 miFuneral home · Lake Forest · (949) 837-8403
- Olive Tree Mortuary0.6 miMortuary · Lake Forest · (949) 445-1608
- American Monument Company0.6 miMonument dealer · Lake Forest · (949) 305-1621
- Eternity Memorials1.6 miMonument dealer · Lake Forest · (949) 305-1621
- Pacific Cremation Services1.9 miCremation provider · Lake Forest · (949) 382-7782
- Cremation Society Of Laguna2.2 miCremation provider · Laguna Hills · (888) 991-1120
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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