About Oakwood Cemetery
Oakwood Cemetery is a cemetery near North Chicago, Lake County, Illinois. It lies about 1.3 mi southwest of North Chicago. The grounds sit at about 636 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 6 notable people buried here, including Winnifred Sprague Mason Huck, William E. Mason and Alson Sherman. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 414935. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Marys Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Bradley Funeral Home in North Chicago, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 65 cemeteries we list in Lake County, and 25 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Lake County dates to 1889. 3 of the 65 listings in Lake County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, North Chicago. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oakwood Cemetery
Among them: 2 US representatives, 1 business leader, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 journalist, 1 physician, 1 US senator.
- Winnifred Sprague Mason Huck1882-1936American politician
- William E. Mason1850-1921American politician
- Alson Sherman1811-1903American politician
- Henry Williams Blodgett1821-1905United States federal judge
- Vincent Clarence Price1832-1914(1832-1914) American businessman
- Mary Irene Clark Dye1887-1907American reformer
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
42.34288, -87.83145
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 Marys CemeteryNorth Chicago, ILChristian cemetery0.1 mi
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- Great Lakes Naval Base CemeteryNorth Chicago, ILCemetery2.4 mi
- Am Echod Jewish CemeteryGurnee, ILJewish cemetery3.1 mi
- Ascension Catholic Cemetery and MausoleumsGreen Oaks, ILChristian cemetery5.0 mi
- Lake Forest CemeteryLake Forest, ILCemetery5.2 mi
- Saint Mary Catholic CemeteryLake Forest, ILChristian cemetery5.3 mi
- Pine View Memorial ParkBeach Park, ILMemorial park5.5 mi
- Serbian Monastery CemeteryGages Lake, ILCemetery6.1 mi
- Saint Sava Monastery CemeteryGages Lake, ILChristian cemetery6.2 mi
Funeral homes near Oakwood Cemetery
- Bradley Funeral Home0.2 miFuneral home · North Chicago · (847) 473-3966
- Tolar-Westgate Funerals & Cremations1.2 miFuneral home · Waukegan · (847) 662-8000
- The Memorial Chapel Funeral Home and Cremation Center1.5 miFuneral chapel · Waukegan · (847) 623-3730
- Peterson & Patch Funeral Home & Cremation Center1.6 miFuneral home · Waukegan · (847) 623-0495
- Peterson Funeral Home1.6 miFuneral home · Waukegan
- Miranda Funeral Services1.7 miFuneral home · Waukegan · (847) 672-6688
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