About Spring Vale Cemetery
Spring Vale Cemetery is a church cemetery near Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It lies about 2.4 mi south of Lafayette. The grounds sit at about 587 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 20 notable people buried here, including Ray Ewry, Joseph Charles Arthur and George Barr McCutcheon. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 444018. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Boniface Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Simplicity Funeral Care in Lafayette, about 1.2 mi away. It is one of 64 cemeteries we list in Tippecanoe County, and 41 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Tippecanoe County dates to 1824.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Lafayette. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Spring Vale Cemetery
Among them: 5 writers, 3 US representatives, 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 musician, 1 physician, 1 scientist, 1 World War II veteran.
- Ray Ewry1873-1937American track and field athlete
- Joseph Charles Arthur1850-1942American botanist
- George Barr McCutcheon1866-1928American writer
- Thomas B. Ward1835-1892American politician
- George R. Durgan1872-1942American politician
- William R. Wood1861-1933American politician
- Al G. Wright1916-2020American bandleader
- James Henry Smart1841-1900American educator
- Thomas E. McCall1916-1965United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Anne Mae Lutz1871-1938American cytogeneticist
- Julia Henderson Levering1851-1922Historian and writer
- Silas Bailey1809-1874Second president of Franklin College, third president of Denison University
Show all 20 notable burials
- Christopher Raymond Comstock1791-1861
- Emily Stiles Potter Arthur1861-1935American botanical collector
- John Lambert Richmond1785-18551785-1855 , physician
- Lorana Patchin Richmond1826-1893
- Mortimer Levering1849-1908American banker and agricultural official
- Moses Fowler1815-1889Millionaire of Lafayette, Indiana
- Richmond Levering1881-1920American oil executive
- William Floyd Reynolds1811-1880Millionaire of Lafayette, Indiana
People whose Wikidata entry gives Spring Vale 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 Spring Vale 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
- Saint Boniface CemeteryLafayette, INCatholic cemetery0.3 mi
- Rest Haven Memorial ParkLafayette, INMemorial park1.4 mi
- St. Joseph CemeteryLafayette, INChristian cemetery1.5 mi
- Greenbush CemeteryLafayette, INCemetery1.8 mi
- Swisher - Hurtz CemeteryBattle Ground, INCemetery2.3 mi
- Indiana Veterans Home CemeteryWest Lafayette, INVeterans cemetery2.4 mi
- Grand View CemeteryWest Lafayette, INCemetery2.6 mi
- Grandview CemeteryWest Lafayette, INCemetery2.6 mi
- North Union CemeteryBattle Ground, INCemetery4.0 mi
- Tippecanoe Memory Gardens Cemetery1718 West 350 North, West Lafayette, INChristian cemetery4.2 mi
Funeral homes near Spring Vale Cemetery
- Simplicity Funeral Care1.2 miFuneral home · Lafayette · (765) 742-6840
- Comfort Cremations1.9 miCremation provider · Lafayette · (866) 875-6833
- Hippensteel Funeral Service and Crematory2.2 miCremation provider · Lafayette · (765) 742-7302
- Hahn-groeber Funeral Homes2.5 miFuneral home · Lafayette · (765) 742-7873
- Fund The Funeral2.5 miFuneral home · Lafayette · (800) 494-4503
- Fisher Funeral Chapel and Cremation Services2.5 miFuneral chapel · Lafayette · (765) 742-1117
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