About Paradise Cemetery
Paradise Cemetery is a cemetery near Paradise, Butte County, California. The grounds sit at about 1,827 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including Harold Elmer Anthony, Dick Rutherford and Frederick M. Rossiter. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2760167. The nearest other listed cemetery is Centerville Cemetery, about 3.4 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Newton-Bracewell Cremation and Funeral Service in Paradise, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 39 cemeteries we list in Butte County, and 10 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Paradise. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Paradise Cemetery
Among them: 1 physician, 1 World War I veteran, 1 writer.
- Harold Elmer Anthony1890-1970American zoologist
- Dick Rutherford1891-1976American football and basketball coach
- Frederick M. Rossiter1870-1967American physician
- Eugene Van Gent1889-1949American football and basketball player and coach
- Mary Henry Rossiter1863-1915
People whose Wikidata entry gives Paradise 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
39.75798, -121.61307
What Paradise 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
- Centerville CemeteryParadise, CACemetery3.4 mi
- Kimshew Magalia CemeteryMagalia, CACemetery3.9 mi
- Nicholl CemeteryParadise, CACemetery4.3 mi
- Yankee Hill CemeteryParadise, CACemetery5.8 mi
- Nimshew CemeteryMagalia, CACemetery6.2 mi
- Clark CemeteryParadise, CACemetery6.2 mi
- Clear Creek CemeteryParadise, CACemetery6.5 mi
- Coutolenc CemeteryMagalia, CACemetery8.3 mi
- Toadtown GraveMagalia, CACemetery9.0 mi
- Cherokee Town CemeteryParadise, CAMunicipal cemetery9.2 mi
Funeral homes near Paradise Cemetery
- Newton-Bracewell Cremation and Funeral Service0.6 miFuneral home · Paradise · (530) 873-7602
- Chapel of The Pines Mortuary-Crematory0.7 miCremation provider · Paradise · (530) 877-4991
- Rose Chapel Mortuary Crematory1.2 miCremation provider · Paradise · (530) 877-4923
- Newton-Bracewell Chico Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Chico · (530) 342-9003
- Brusie Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Chico · (530) 206-0323
- Bidwell Chapel12 miFuneral home · Chico · (530) 206-0406
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