About Valhalla Memorial Gardens
Valhalla Memorial Gardens is a memorial park near Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana. It lies about 1.8 mi east of Bloomington. The grounds sit at about 899 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 22 notable people buried here, including Richard Dorson, David Baker and Bob Fitch. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 445189. The nearest other listed cemetery is White Oak Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the east. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is The Funeral Chapel in Bloomington, about 3.5 mi away. It is one of 42 cemeteries we list in Monroe County, and 37 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 42 listings in Monroe County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Bloomington. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Valhalla Memorial Gardens
Among them: 7 writers, 4 scientists, 2 musicians, 1 football player, 1 physician.
- Richard Dorson1916-1981American folklorist
- David Baker1931-2016American jazz composer, trombonist, professor of music and author
- Bob Fitch1919-2003American athlete and coach
- Felix Oinas1911-2004Estonian folklorist and linguist
- Martha Lipton1913-2006American opera singer
- Robert Francis Byrnes1917-1997Russian Historian
- Edward Buehrig1910-1986American political scientist
- George List1911-2008American ethnomusicologist and flautist
- N. Gary Lane1930-2006American university teacher
- Walter John Moore1918-2001American chemist
- Alan Stanley Horowitz1930-1999Paleontologist
- Andrew Turchyn1912-2004Ukrainian-American librarian
Show all 22 notable burials
- Clarence M. Flaten1910-1974Educational Film Creator
- Faye Calvert Abrell1909-2003Elementary School Teacher
- Francis W. Gravit1904-199317th-century French Literature Scholar
- Frederic Cowles Schmidt1904-1974Chemist
- L. L. Waters1913-2012Professor Of Transportation And Business History
- Marvin Carmack1913-2010Chemistry professor
- Merrill J. Allen1918-2003American optometrist
- Oliver Peter Field1897-1953Professor of government
- W. R. Breneman1907-19921907-
- William H. Kroll1925-2012American telecommunications professor
People whose Wikidata entry gives Valhalla Memorial Gardens 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 Valhalla Memorial Gardens 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
- White Oak CemeteryBloomington, INCemetery0.6 mi
- Rose Hill CemeteryBloomington, INCemetery0.7 mi
- Dunn Family PlotBloomington, INFamily cemetery2.0 mi
- Rogers CemeteryBloomington, INCemetery2.2 mi
- Covenanter CemeteryBloomington, INCemetery3.0 mi
- Clear Creek CemeteryBloomington, INCemetery4.5 mi
- Garrison Chapel CemeteryBloomington, INChurch cemetery4.7 mi
- Mount Gilead CemeteryBloomington, INCemetery5.1 mi
- Harmony CemeteryBloomington, INCemetery6.0 mi
- Mount Salem CemeterySmithville-Sanders, INCemetery6.4 mi
Funeral homes near Valhalla Memorial Gardens
- The Funeral Chapel3.5 miFuneral chapel · Bloomington · (812) 333-4400
- Allen Funeral Home3.8 miFuneral home · Bloomington · (812) 824-5905
- Day & Deremiah-Frye Funeral Home4.3 miFuneral home · Bloomington · (812) 336-6331
- Bloomington Cremation Society4.5 miCremation provider · Bloomington · (812) 961-1960
- Chandler Funeral Home5.4 miFuneral home · Ellettsville · (812) 876-6075
- Chandler Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Gosport · (812) 879-4245
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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