About Santa Cruz Memorial Cemetery
Santa Cruz Memorial Cemetery is a cemetery near Live Oak, Santa Cruz County, California. The grounds sit at about 108 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including George Marshall Dodge, Walter Henry Barling and Frederick S. Rodkey. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 229882. The nearest other listed cemetery is Holy Cross Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Oakwood Chapel in Santa Cruz, about 0.1 mi away. It is one of 16 cemeteries we list in Santa Cruz County, and 9 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Live Oak. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Santa Cruz Memorial Cemetery
- George Marshall Dodge1846-1912U.S. entomologist
- Walter Henry Barling1890-1965American aviation engineer
- Frederick S. Rodkey1896-1971American history professor
People whose Wikidata entry gives Santa Cruz Memorial 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
36.99095, -121.98533
What Santa Cruz Memorial 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
- Holy Cross CemeteryLive Oak, CACemetery0.7 mi
- Old Holy Cross CemeteryLive Oak, CACemetery0.8 mi
- Soquel CemeterySoquel, CACemetery1.6 mi
- Independent Order of Oddfellows CemeterySanta Cruz, CACemetery2.3 mi
- Evergreen CemeterySanta Cruz, CACemetery2.8 mi
- Home of Peace CemeterySanta Cruz, CAJewish cemetery4.1 mi
- Calvary CemeteryAptos, CACemetery4.2 mi
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel CemeteryAptos, CACemetery4.2 mi
- Day Valley CemeteryCorralitos, CACemetery7.5 mi
- IOOF CemeteryBoulder Creek, CACemetery12 mi
Funeral homes near Santa Cruz Memorial Cemetery
- Oakwood Chapel0.1 miFuneral home · Santa Cruz · (831) 475-2464
- White's Mortuary0.1 miMortuary · Santa Cruz · (831) 423-4800
- Santa Cruz Watsonville Cremation and Burial Service1.7 miCremation provider · Soquel · (831) 200-8428
- Benito & Azzaro Pacific Gardens Chapel1.7 miFuneral home · Santa Cruz · (831) 205-7330
- Ave Maria Memorial Chapel14 miFuneral chapel · Watsonville · (831) 724-4751
- Mehl's Colonial Chapel14 miFuneral home · Watsonville · (831) 724-6371
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