About Oakwood Cemetery
Oakwood Cemetery is a cemetery near La Salle, LaSalle County, Illinois. It lies about 0.8 mi southwest of La Salle. The grounds sit at about 587 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 6 notable people buried here, including Paul Carus, Mary Hegeler Carus and Edward C. Hegeler. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 414933. The nearest other listed cemetery is Rockwell Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Mueller & Pagani Funeral Home - Lasalle in La Salle, about 1.0 mi away. It is one of 105 cemeteries we list in LaSalle County, and 25 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 105 listings in LaSalle County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, La Salle. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oakwood Cemetery
Among them: 2 business leaders, 2 inventors and engineers, 1 scientist, 1 writer.
- Paul Carus1852-1919American philosopher
- Mary Hegeler Carus1861-1936American engineer, editor and entrepreneur
- Edward C. Hegeler1835-1910American businessman
- Julia Warner Snow1863-1927American botanist
- Frederick William Matthiessen1835-1918Politician
- Edward Hegeler Carus1890-1975Ph.D. The University of Chicago 1921
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
- Rockwell CemeteryLa Salle, ILCemetery0.1 mi
- Forest Lawn Memory GardensLa Salle, ILCemetery1.2 mi
- Saint Vincent CemeteryLa Salle, ILChristian cemetery1.9 mi
- Saint Hyacinth CemeteryLa Salle, ILChristian cemetery2.1 mi
- Peru City Cemetery2121 Shooting Park Road, Peru, ILMunicipal cemetery2.9 mi
- Oak Hill Cemetery and Saint Mary's CemeteryLa Salle, ILCemetery3.5 mi
- Saint Bede CemeteryPeru, ILCemetery4.7 mi
- Saint Josephs CemeterySpring Valley, ILCemetery5.3 mi
- Mount Olivet Catholic CemeterySpring Valley, ILCatholic cemetery5.6 mi
- Saint Valentines CemeterySpring Valley, ILCatholic cemetery5.6 mi
Funeral homes near Oakwood Cemetery
- Mueller & Pagani Funeral Home - Lasalle1.0 miFuneral home · La Salle · (815) 223-0096
- Hurst Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · La Salle · (815) 223-0380
- Burgess Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · La Salle · (815) 223-0587
- Ptak Funeral Home2.2 miFuneral home · Peru · (815) 223-0172
- Mueller Funeral Homes2.9 miFuneral home · Peru · (815) 223-0184
- Prey-Mueller Funeral Home3.2 miFuneral home · Oglesby · (815) 883-8662
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