About Makiki Cemetery
Makiki Cemetery is a cemetery near Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. It lies about 1.1 mi west of Honolulu. The grounds sit at about 105 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 9 notable people buried here, including Ștefan Baciu, Mary Foster and Georges Phillipe Trousseau. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1904826. The nearest other listed cemetery is National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, about 0.5 mi to the northwest. The nearest mortuary we know of is Milliani Memorial Park & Mortuary in Honolulu, about 1.2 mi away. It is one of 51 cemeteries we list in Honolulu County, and 34 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Honolulu County dates to 1825. 5 of the 51 listings in Honolulu County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Honolulu. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Makiki Cemetery
Among them: 1 business leader, 1 journalist, 1 musician, 1 physician, 1 scientist, 1 writer.
- Ștefan Baciu1918-1993Romanian and Brazilian writer
- Mary Foster1844-1930American philanthropist
- Georges Phillipe Trousseau1833-1894French physician
- John Edward Bush1842-1906Politician and newspaper publisher in the Kingdom of Hawaii
- Seishiro Okazaki1890-1951American jujutsuka
- Lena Machado1903-1974Native Hawaiian singer, composer, and ukulele player
- Mabel Leilani Smyth1892-1936Director of the Public Nursing Service for the Territory of Hawaii
- Thomas R. Foster1835-1889Shipbuilder
- Michio Yamaguchi1908-2006Amateur botanist, teacher of agriculture
People whose Wikidata entry gives Makiki 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
21.30831, -157.84129
What Makiki 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
- National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific2177 Puowaina Drive, Honolulu, HICemetery0.5 mi
- Ket On Society Chinese CemeteryPauoa, HICemetery0.6 mi
- Yee King Tong CemeteryPauoa, HICemetery0.6 mi
- Pauoa Chinese Christian CemeteryPauoa, HICemetery0.7 mi
- Pauoa Hawaiian CemeteryPauoa, HICemetery0.8 mi
- King Street Catholic CemeteryHonolulu, HICatholic cemetery0.8 mi
- Honolulu Memorial ParkPauoa, HIMemorial park1.1 mi
- The Sacred MoundHonolulu, HI · est. 1825Cemetery1.1 mi
- Kawaiahao Church CemeteryHonolulu, HIChurch cemetery1.2 mi
- Nuʻuanu Memorial Park & MortuaryPauoa, HIMemorial park1.2 mi
Funeral homes near Makiki Cemetery
- Milliani Memorial Park & Mortuary1.2 miMortuary · Honolulu · (808) 538-6207
- Nuuanu Memorial Park and Mortuary1.2 miMortuary · Honolulu · (808) 537-5255
- Diamond Head Mortuary1.2 miMortuary · Honolulu · (808) 537-3907
- Hosoi Chapel1.2 miFuneral home · Chinatown
- Hosoi Garden Mortuary1.2 miMortuary · Honolulu · (808) 538-3877
- Borthwick Mortuary1.3 miMortuary · Honolulu · (808) 522-5200
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