About Alae Cemetery
Alae Cemetery is a cemetery near Wainaku, Hawaii County, Hawaii. The grounds sit at about 125 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Ollie Mitchell and Leinaʻala Drummond. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 358510. The nearest other listed cemetery is East Hawaii Veterans Cemetery 1, about 2.2 mi to the south. The nearest mortuary we know of is Dodo Mortuary in Hilo, about 1.5 mi away. It is one of 29 cemeteries we list in Hawaii County, and 8 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Wainaku. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Alae Cemetery
Among them: 1 business leader, 1 musician.
- Ollie Mitchell1927-2013American trumpeter
- Leinaʻala Drummond1946-2023American model and businesswoman
People whose Wikidata entry gives Alae 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
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What Alae 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
- East Hawaii Veterans Cemetery 1Hilo, HIVeterans cemetery2.2 mi
- Haili Congressional CemeteryHilo, HICemetery2.3 mi
- Homelani Memorial ParkHilo, HIMemorial park2.3 mi
- Chinese CemeteryHilo, HICemetery2.3 mi
- East Hawaii Veterans Cemetery IIHilo, HIVeterans cemetery2.3 mi
- East Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2Hilo, HIVeterans cemetery2.3 mi
- Mauna Kea Memorial ParkPāpa‘ikou, HIMemorial park3.4 mi
- Kaumana CemeteryHilo, HICemetery5.9 mi
- Kurtistown Jodo CemeteryKurtistown, HICemetery11 mi
- Filipino CemeteryKurtistown, HICemetery12 mi
Funeral homes near Alae Cemetery
- Sasaki Monuments LLC0.2 miMonument dealer · Hilo · (808) 865-3267
- Dodo Mortuary1.5 miMortuary · Hilo · (808) 935-5751
- Dodo Mortuary2.1 miMortuary · Hilo
- Ballard Family Mortuary - Hilo2.3 miMortuary · Hilo · (808) 935-8445
- Dodo Mortuary2.8 miMortuary · Hilo · (808) 935-1088
- Dodo Mortuary Dodo3.1 miMortuary · Hilo · (808) 935-5381
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