About Oakwood Cemetery
Oakwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois. It lies about 0.8 mi south of Macomb. The grounds sit at about 705 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 7 notable people buried here, including William H. Neece, Ruth May Tunnicliff and Harold Ave. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 414929. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Paul Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Dodsworth-piper-wallen Funeral in Macomb, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 91 cemeteries we list in McDonough County, and 46 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Macomb. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oakwood Cemetery
Among them: 1 physician, 1 US representative.
- William H. Neece1831-1909American politician
- Ruth May Tunnicliff1876-1946American physician and bacteriologist
- Harold Ave1900-1986American football coach
- Isaac N. Pearson1842-1908American politician
- Damon G. Tunnicliff1829-1901American judge
- Ralph Barclay1903-1958American football, basketball and track coach
- Jeffrey Kadet1947-2014Radio and television DXer and television program guide collector
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
40.47073, -90.66782
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 Paul CemeteryMacomb, ILCemetery0.3 mi
- Simpson CemeteryMacomb, ILCemetery1.4 mi
- Old Macomb CemeteryMacomb, ILCemetery1.5 mi
- Old Catholic CemeteryMacomb, ILCatholic cemetery2.7 mi
- Forest Lawn CemeteryMacomb, ILCemetery3.0 mi
- Brooking CemeteryMacomb, ILCemetery3.3 mi
- Bailey CemeteryMacomb, ILCemetery3.4 mi
- Guy CemeteryMacomb, ILCemetery5.1 mi
- Hamilton CemeteryMacomb, ILCemetery5.3 mi
- Bardolph CemeteryBushnell, ILCemetery5.5 mi
Funeral homes near Oakwood Cemetery
- Dodsworth-piper-wallen Funeral0.8 miFuneral home · Macomb · (309) 833-4119
- Clugston-Tibbitts Funeral Homes0.9 miFuneral home · Macomb · (309) 833-2188
- Jones Mortuary7.2 miMortuary · Colchester · (309) 776-3122
- Martin-hollis Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Bushnell · (309) 772-3116
- Banks & Beals Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · La Harpe · (217) 659-7751
- Kost Memorial Home17 miFuneral home · Vermont · (309) 784-2661
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