About Woodlawn Cemetery
Woodlawn Cemetery is a cemetery near Rochelle, Ogle County, Illinois. It lies about 6.0 mi southwest of Rochelle. The grounds sit at about 833 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Elmer Beaumont Tolsted. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 421455. The nearest other listed cemetery is Greenview Cemetery, about 4.8 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Unger-Horner Funeral Home in Rochelle, about 6.0 mi away. It is one of 64 cemeteries we list in Ogle County, and 15 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Rochelle. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Woodlawn Cemetery
Among them: 1 scientist.
- Elmer Beaumont Tolsted1920-1992Ph.D. Brown University 1946
People whose Wikidata entry gives Woodlawn 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
41.95808, -88.96037
What Woodlawn 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
- Greenview CemeteryKirkland, ILCemetery4.8 mi
- Malta CemeteryMalta, ILCemetery5.0 mi
- Trinity Memory GardensHillcrest, ILCemetery5.2 mi
- Saint Patrick's CemeteryRochelle, ILChristian cemetery5.8 mi
- Lawnridge CemeteryRochelle, ILCemetery6.5 mi
- Hudson CemeteryMalta, ILCemetery7.0 mi
- Bethel - Hayes CemeteryHillcrest, ILCemetery7.2 mi
- Lindenwood CemeteryDavis Junction, ILCemetery7.4 mi
- South Grove CemeteryKirkland, ILCemetery7.5 mi
- Union CemeteryMalta, ILCemetery7.6 mi
Funeral homes near Woodlawn Cemetery
- Unger-Horner Funeral Home6.0 miFuneral home · Rochelle · (815) 562-4534
- Olson Funeral & Cremation Services Ltd., Quiram Kirkland Chapel11 miCremation provider · Kirkland · (815) 522-3563
- Ronan-Moore-Finch Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · DeKalb · (815) 758-3841
- Anderson Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · DeKalb · (815) 756-1022
- Northern Illinois Crematory13 miCremation provider · Sycamore · (815) 895-2837
- Butala Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Sycamore · (815) 895-2833
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