Greenwood Cemetery in Rockford, Illinois

Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois. It lies about 1.7 mi southwest of Rockford. The grounds sit at about 748 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 14 notable people buried here, including Francis Lane, Julia Lathrop and William Bebb. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 409464. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Mary and Saint James Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the southeast. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Olson Funeral & Cremation Services Ltd., North Main Chapel in Rockford, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 55 cemeteries we list in Winnebago County, and 30 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 55 listings in Winnebago County have a phone number or website on record.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Rockford. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 2 football players, 1 baseball player, 1 business leader, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 governor, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 US representative.

• Francis Lane1874-1927
  Athletics competitor
• Julia Lathrop1858-1932
  American social reformer
• William Bebb1802-1873
  American politician
• Ross Barnes1850-1915
  American Major League Baseball player
• William Lathrop1825-1907
  American politician
• Adaline Emerson Thompson1859-1951
  American benefactor; educational worker, reformer
• John Henry Manny1825-1856
  American inventor
• Charles W. Baker1876-1963
  American farmer and politician
• John Curtis Underwood1874-1949
  American poet
• Robert Reitsch1906-1998
  American football player
• Stan Campbell1930-2005
  Collegiate and professional American football player
• Benjamin R. Sheldon1811-1897
  American judge

People whose Wikidata entry gives Greenwood 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.

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.

• Saint Mary and Saint James Cemetery

  Rockford, IL
  Cemetery

  0.1 mi
• Rockford Hebrew Cemetery

  Rockford, IL
  Jewish cemetery

  0.2 mi
• Scandinavian Cemetery

  1700 Rual Street, Rockford, IL
  Cemetery

  1.1 mi
• Cedar Bluff Cemetery

  Rockford, IL
  Cemetery

  1.1 mi
• Marsh Cemetery

  Loves Park, IL
  Cemetery

  2.2 mi
• Guilford Turner Cemetery

  Rockford, IL
  Cemetery

  3.1 mi
• Harlem Cemetery

  Machesney Park, IL
  Cemetery

  4.2 mi
• Union Cemetery

  Rockford, IL
  Cemetery

  4.5 mi
• Sunset Memorial Gardens

  Machesney Park, IL
  Memorial park

  4.6 mi
• Guilford Union Cemetery

  Loves Park, IL
  Cemetery

  4.8 mi

• Olson Funeral & Cremation Services Ltd., North Main Chapel

  Cremation provider · Rockford · (815) 963-6521
  0.8 mi
• Delehanty Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Loves Park · (815) 633-6010
  1.6 mi
• Sundberg Funeral Home & Cremation Care

  Funeral home · Rockford · (815) 962-7743
  1.6 mi
• Collins & Stone Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Rockford · (815) 965-1515
  1.8 mi
• Olson Funeral and Cremation Services

  Cremation provider · Rockford · (815) 963-6521
  1.9 mi
• Fitzgerald Funeral Home & Crematory

  Cremation provider · Rockford · (815) 654-2484
  2.0 mi

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