About Memorial Park Cemetery
Memorial Park Cemetery is a memorial park near South Oroville, Butte County, California. It lies about 0.9 mi east of South Oroville. The grounds sit at about 318 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Elizabeth Hughes and Wallace Herbert Higginbotham. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 228490. The nearest other listed cemetery is Oroville Cemetery, about 1.6 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Scheer Memorial Chapel in Oroville, about 1.9 mi away. It is one of 39 cemeteries we list in Butte County, and 9 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, South Oroville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Memorial Park Cemetery
Among them: 1 World War II veteran.
- Elizabeth Hughes1875-1941American politician and teacher
- Wallace Herbert Higginbotham1916-1990American air force pilot
People whose Wikidata entry gives Memorial Park 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
39.47766, -121.55162
What Memorial Park 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
- Oroville CemeteryThermalito, CACemetery1.6 mi
- Butte County CemeteryOroville, CAMunicipal cemetery3.6 mi
- Pioneer CemeteryOroville, CACemetery3.9 mi
- Thompson Flat CemeteryOroville, CACemetery3.9 mi
- Old Hamilton CemeteryThermalito, CACemetery5.4 mi
- Oregon City CemeteryOroville, CAMunicipal cemetery7.9 mi
- Oak Grove CemeteryOroville East, CACemetery9.1 mi
- Bangor CemeteryLoma Rica, CACemetery9.8 mi
- Gridley - Biggs CemeteryGridley, CACemetery10.0 mi
- Honcut CemeteryLoma Rica, CACemetery10 mi
Funeral homes near Memorial Park Cemetery
- Scheer Memorial Chapel1.9 miFuneral chapel · Oroville · (530) 533-5255
- Ramsey Funeral Home2.3 miFuneral home · Oroville · (530) 534-3877
- Oroville Funeral Home2.4 miFuneral home · Oroville · (530) 533-0323
- Gridley-Block Funeral Chapel11 miFuneral chapel · Gridley · (530) 846-2138
- Newton-Bracewell Cremation and Funeral Service20 miFuneral home · Paradise · (530) 873-7602
- Chapel of The Pines Mortuary-Crematory20 miCremation provider · Paradise · (530) 877-4991
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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