About Oaklawn Cemetery
Oaklawn Cemetery is a cemetery near North Manchester, Wabash County, Indiana. It lies about 0.8 mi southeast of North Manchester. The grounds sit at about 778 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Grace Van Studdiford and Vernon Franklin Schwalm. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 440476. The nearest other listed cemetery is Krisher Cemetery, about 1.6 mi to the southeast. The nearest mortuary we know of is McKee Mortuary Inc in North Manchester, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 50 cemeteries we list in Wabash County, and 29 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, North Manchester. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oaklawn Cemetery
Among them: 1 actor, 1 writer.
- Grace Van Studdiford1873-1927American singer and actress
- Vernon Franklin Schwalm1887-19721887-
People whose Wikidata entry gives Oaklawn 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
41.00658, -85.78116
What Oaklawn 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
- Krisher CemeteryNorth Manchester, INCemetery1.6 mi
- Pleasant Hill CemeteryNorth Manchester, INCemetery1.8 mi
- Swank CemeteryNorth Manchester, INCemetery1.9 mi
- Glenwood CemeteryNorth Manchester, INCemetery2.7 mi
- Union CemeteryNorth Manchester, INCemetery3.2 mi
- Fairview CemeteryNorth Manchester, INCemetery3.2 mi
- Old Laketon CemeteryNorth Manchester, INCemetery4.0 mi
- Laketon CemeteryNorth Manchester, INCemetery4.1 mi
- Algers CemeteryNorth Manchester, INCemetery5.3 mi
- Gospel Hill CemeteryNorth Manchester, INCemetery6.0 mi
Funeral homes near Oaklawn Cemetery
- McKee Mortuary Inc0.6 miMortuary · North Manchester · (260) 982-6700
- Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service0.7 miFuneral home · North Manchester · (260) 982-4393
- Smith & Sons Miller Chapel9.8 miFuneral home · South Whitley · (260) 723-5221
- Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Roann · (765) 833-5591
- Earl-Love Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Akron · (574) 893-4235
- Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, INC13 miFuneral home · Wabash · (765) 833-5591
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