About Oakwood Cemetery
Oakwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Ingalls Park, Will County, Illinois. It lies about 0.7 mi southeast of Ingalls Park. The grounds sit at about 584 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 15 notable people buried here, including William Cornelius Van Horne, Joel Aldrich Matteson and Charles A. Hill. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1952306. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Peter Lutheran Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the west. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Delgado Funeral Chapel in Joliet, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 94 cemeteries we list in Will County, and 49 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 94 listings in Will County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Ingalls Park. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oakwood Cemetery
Among them: 3 business leaders, 3 US representatives, 2 artists, 1 governor.
- William Cornelius Van Horne1843-1915American-Canadian businessman and art collector
- Joel Aldrich Matteson1808-1873American politician
- Charles A. Hill1833-1902American politician
- Jesse Olds Norton1812-1875American politician
- Adele Fay Williams1859-1937American artist
- Henry Snapp1822-1895American politician
- Samuel J. Drew1863-1926American politician
- Charles C. P. Holden1827-1905American politician, Illinois
- J. Stanley Brown1863-1939American educator and college president
- Edward C. Akin1852-1936American lawyer and politician
- George H. Munroe1844-1912American businessman and politician
- Daniel Burns Dyer1849-1912American businessman (1849-1912); first mayor of Guthrie, Oklahoma
Show all 15 notable burials
- Emma E. I. Ochsner1887-1897
- Frederick Sehring1834-1892German-American brewer
- Volunteer weather observer for meteorological project (1848-1873) of the Smithsonian Institution
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.
Map
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What Oakwood 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
- Saint Peter Lutheran CemeteryIngalls Park, ILChristian cemetery0.1 mi
- Mount Olivet CemeteryIngalls Park, ILChristian cemetery0.2 mi
- Elmhurst CemeteryIngalls Park, ILCemetery0.4 mi
- Mound CemeteryIngalls Park, ILCemetery1.5 mi
- S S Cyril and Methodius CemeteryFairmont, ILCemetery1.6 mi
- Mount Calvary CemeteryFairmont, ILChristian cemetery1.8 mi
- Russian CemeteryFairmont, ILCemetery2.0 mi
- Saint Patrick CemeteryJoliet, ILChristian cemetery2.2 mi
- Saint John the Baptist CemeteryJoliet, ILChristian cemetery2.3 mi
- Mount Moriah CemeteryCrest Hill, ILChristian cemetery2.6 mi
Funeral homes near Oakwood Cemetery
- Olson & Troost Monument Company0.1 miMonument dealer · Joliet · (815) 726-5661
- Delgado Funeral Chapel0.7 miFuneral chapel · Joliet · (815) 774-9220
- Minor-Morris Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Joliet · (815) 723-1283
- Range Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Joliet · (815) 722-2215
- Pisut Funeral Home3.3 miFuneral home · Joliet · (815) 722-0998
- Novielli & Troost Memorials3.3 miMonument dealer · Joliet · (815) 744-2822
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