About Floral Park Cemetery
Floral Park Cemetery is a cemetery near Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. It lies about 3.7 mi east of Indianapolis. The grounds sit at about 712 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 12 notable people buried here, including Leroy Carr, Jackie Holmes and Oscar Charleston. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 434611. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Jackson Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the east. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Flanner Buchanan - Floral Park Funeral And Cremation in Indianapolis, about 0.1 mi away. It is one of 97 cemeteries we list in Marion County, and 61 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 97 listings in Marion County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Indianapolis. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Floral Park Cemetery
Among them: 4 scientists, 3 inventors and engineers, 2 musicians, 2 writers, 1 baseball player, 1 World War II veteran.
- Leroy Carr1905-1935American blues singer, songwriter and pianist
- Jackie Holmes1920-1995Racecar driver
- Oscar Charleston1896-1954American Hall of Fame baseball player
- Jim Packard1931-1960American racing driver
- Chuck Rodee1927-1966American racing driver
- Paul Weeden1923-2011American musician
- Helēna Ledus Starca1912-2005Latvian botanist
- Karlis Starcs1897-1953Botanist
- Steven Timothy Judy1956-1981Executed convicted murderer
- William Allen Daily1912-1998American microbiologist and botanist
- Eva Fay Kenoyer Daily1911-2011American chemist, lecturer, and botanist
- Howard Kelso Bowyer1924-1982
People whose Wikidata entry gives Floral Park 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
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What Floral Park 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.
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Funeral homes near Floral Park Cemetery
- Flanner Buchanan - Floral Park Funeral And Cremation0.1 miCremation provider · Indianapolis · (317) 241-9311
- Indiana Memorial Funeral Care & Cremation services0.7 miCremation provider · Indianapolis · (317) 637-5333
- Conkle Funeral Home Inc1.4 miFuneral home · Speedway · (317) 241-6333
- Usher Funeral Home Inc1.4 miFuneral home · Indianapolis · (317) 632-9352
- Bell Mortuary and Crematory1.4 miCremation provider · Indianapolis · (317) 637-4308
- Payne Funeral Home1.6 miFuneral home · Indianapolis · (317) 925-9099
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