About Greenlawn Memorial Park
Greenlawn Memorial Park is a memorial park near Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana. It lies about 7.0 mi northeast of Fort Wayne. The grounds sit at about 817 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 9 notable people buried here, including E. Ross Adair, Scott Armstrong and Murray Mendenhall. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 435446. The nearest other listed cemetery is Oak Grove Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Greenlawn Funeral Home in Fort Wayne, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 44 cemeteries we list in Allen County, and 23 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Allen County dates to 1860.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Fort Wayne. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Greenlawn Memorial Park
Among them: 2 baseball players, 2 basketball players, 1 football player, 1 business leader, 1 US representative.
- E. Ross Adair1907-1983American lawyer and politician
- Scott Armstrong1913-1997American basketball player
- Murray Mendenhall1898-1972American basketball coach
- Pinky Hargrave1896-1942American baseball player
- April Tinsley1980-1988American murder victim
- Dottie Wiltse Collins1923-2008American baseball player
- Nord Krauskopf1922-1994Former NASCAR team owner and American businessman
- Oliver Morgan2002-2002American men
- Ralph B. Haines1912-1993Founder of Intertel
People whose Wikidata entry gives Greenlawn Memorial Park 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 Greenlawn Memorial Park 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
- Oak Grove CemeteryFort Wayne, INCemetery1.0 mi
- Covington Memorial GardensFort Wayne, INMemorial park1.3 mi
- Lindenwood Cemetery2324 West Main Street, Fort Wayne, IN · est. 1860Cemetery3.0 mi
- Saint Johns Lutheran CemeteryFort Wayne, INLutheran cemetery3.2 mi
- Saint Patrick Roman Catholic CemeteryFort Wayne, INCatholic cemetery3.5 mi
- Prairie Grove CemeteryFort Wayne, INCemetery3.9 mi
- Fogwell CemeteryFort Wayne, INCemetery4.6 mi
- Brenton Chapel CemeteryFort Wayne, INChurch cemetery4.9 mi
- Hatfield CemeteryFort Wayne, INCemetery5.4 mi
- Bayless CemeteryRoanoke, INCemetery6.0 mi
Funeral homes near Greenlawn Memorial Park
- Greenlawn Funeral Home0.2 miFuneral home · Fort Wayne · (260) 432-3914
- Northern Indiana Funeral Care0.8 miFuneral home · Fort Wayne · (260) 456-0890
- D.O. McComb & Sons Funeral Homes - Covington Knolls1.2 miFuneral home · Fort Wayne · (260) 426-9494
- Covington Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Fort Wayne · (260) 704-9441
- Covington Memorial Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Fort Wayne
- Hoosier Headstones1.9 miMonument dealer · Fort Wayne · (260) 519-1177
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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