Oakwood Cemetery in Dixon, Illinois

Oakwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Dixon, Lee County, Illinois. The grounds sit at about 751 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 9 notable people buried here, including William H. McMaster, Charles Rudolph Walgreen, Sr. and Charles Rudolph Walgreen, Jr.. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1706147. The nearest other listed cemetery is Chapel Hill Cemetery, about 1.7 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Preston-schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. in Dixon, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 55 cemeteries we list in Lee County, and 22 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Dixon. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 3 business leaders, 1 baseball player, 1 governor, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 US senator, 1 World War I veteran.

• William H. McMaster1877-1968
  American politician
• Charles Rudolph Walgreen, Sr.1873-1939
  American businessman
• Charles Rudolph Walgreen, Jr.1906-2007
  American businessman
• Holly Campbell1907-1979
  Athletics competitor
• Sherwood Dixon1896-1973
  American politician
• Solomon Hicks Bethea1852-1909
  United States federal judge
• Ward Miller1884-1958
  American baseball player
• John Dement1804-1883
  American politician
• William H. Van Epps1812-1877
  American businessman

People whose Wikidata entry gives Oakwood 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.

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.

• Chapel Hill Cemetery

  Dixon, IL
  Church cemetery

  1.7 mi
• Dixon Developmental Center Cemetery

  Dixon, IL
  Cemetery

  1.8 mi
• Burket Cemetery

  Dixon, IL
  Cemetery

  2.0 mi
• Mount Union Cemetery

  Dixon, IL
  Cemetery

  3.2 mi
• Emmanuel Cemetery

  Dixon, IL
  Cemetery

  3.7 mi
• Rockwood Cemetery

  Dixon, IL
  Cemetery

  3.9 mi
• Girton Cemetery

  Dixon, IL
  Cemetery

  4.6 mi
• Palmyra Cemetery

  Dixon, IL
  Cemetery

  5.0 mi
• Grand Detour Cemetery

  Dixon, IL
  Cemetery

  5.2 mi
• Dewolf Cemetery

  Dixon, IL
  Cemetery

  5.3 mi

• Preston-schilling Funeral Home, Ltd.

  Funeral home · Dixon · (815) 288-4469
  0.4 mi
• Preston-Schilling Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Dixon · (815) 288-4469
  0.4 mi
• Jones Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Dixon · (815) 288-2241
  0.4 mi
• Polo Family Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Polo · (815) 946-2402
  11 mi
• Mihm-Jones Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Amboy · (815) 857-2611
  12 mi
• Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation

  Funeral home · Sterling · (815) 626-1131
  12 mi

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