About Grandview Cemetery
Grandview Cemetery is a cemetery near West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It lies about 1.1 mi south of West Lafayette. The grounds sit at about 715 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 10 notable people buried here, including Dorothy C. Stratton, Harry G. Leslie and Cecil Isbell. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 435302. The nearest funeral home we know of is Soller-Baker Funeral Homes in West Lafayette, about 1.1 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, West Lafayette. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Grandview Cemetery
Among them: 3 football players, 3 writers, 1 baseball player, 1 basketball player, 1 governor, 1 scientist, 1 World War I veteran, 1 World War II veteran.
- Dorothy C. Stratton1899-2006Professor and dean, director of United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS) during World War II
- Harry G. Leslie1878-1937American politician
- Cecil Isbell1915-1985American football player and coach
- Ward Lambert1888-1958American basketball player, coach, and administrator, baseball player and coach, American football player
- John W. Hicks1921-2002American agricultural economist
- Alpha Jamison1875-1962American football player and coach, basketball coach
- Allen Strickland Hall1917-1999American mechanical engineering professor
- Harold Francis Secord Jonah1904-1960Ph.D. Purdue University 1941
- Lynn S. Robertson1890-1973American agricultural economist
- Vern Cleo Manhart1897-1957Economist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Grandview 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
40.44130, -86.90881
What Grandview 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
- Grand View CemeteryWest Lafayette, INCemetery0.0 mi
- Greenbush CemeteryLafayette, INCemetery1.4 mi
- St. Joseph CemeteryLafayette, INChristian cemetery1.6 mi
- Indiana Veterans Home CemeteryWest Lafayette, INVeterans cemetery2.2 mi
- Tippecanoe Memory Gardens Cemetery1718 West 350 North, West Lafayette, INChristian cemetery2.4 mi
- Saint Boniface CemeteryLafayette, INCatholic cemetery2.5 mi
- Spring Vale CemeteryLafayette, INChurch cemetery2.6 mi
- Rest Haven Memorial ParkLafayette, INMemorial park2.7 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryWest Lafayette, INCemetery3.2 mi
- Burton CemeteryWest Lafayette, INCemetery3.3 mi
Funeral homes near Grandview Cemetery
- Soller-Baker Funeral Homes1.1 miFuneral home · West Lafayette · (765) 474-1111
- Simplicity Funeral Care1.5 miFuneral home · Lafayette · (765) 742-6840
- Hippensteel Funeral Service and Crematory1.6 miCremation provider · Lafayette · (765) 742-7302
- Fund The Funeral2.0 miFuneral home · Lafayette · (800) 494-4503
- Fisher Funeral Chapel and Cremation Services2.0 miFuneral chapel · Lafayette · (765) 742-1117
- Hahn-groeber Funeral Homes2.0 miFuneral home · Lafayette · (765) 742-7873
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