About Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery is a memorial park near Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa. It lies about 1.1 mi southwest of Cedar Rapids. The grounds sit at about 823 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 8 notable people buried here, including Hick Cady, Cy Slapnicka and Harris Lamb. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 455251. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Calvary Cemetery, about 0.9 mi to the south. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Iowa Cremation in Cedar Rapids, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 90 cemeteries we list in Linn County, and 40 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Cedar Rapids. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Among them: 2 baseball players, 1 football player, 1 basketball player, 1 World War II veteran.
- Hick Cady1886-1946American baseball player
- Cy Slapnicka1886-1979American baseball player
- Harris Lamb1904-1999American football, basketball, and track coach
- Michelle Martinko1961-1979American high school student and murder victim
- Albert Martinko1918-1995American WWII veteran
- American politician
- John Puk1933-2016College basketball player (1953-1954) Marquette
- Mary A. Cole1927-2020Early victim of the COVID-19 pandemic
People whose Wikidata entry gives Cedar Memorial 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
42.02273, -91.63404
What Cedar Memorial 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.
Nearby cemeteries
- Mount Calvary CemeteryCedar Rapids, IACemetery0.9 mi
- Oakshade CemeteryMarion, IACemetery1.6 mi
- Oak Shade CemeteryMarion, IACemetery1.7 mi
- Shiloh CemeteryHiawatha, IACemetery2.0 mi
- Robins CemeteryRobins, IACemetery3.0 mi
- Oak Hill CemeteryCedar Rapids, IACemetery3.3 mi
- Syrian CemeteryCedar Rapids, IACemetery3.4 mi
- Saint George Orthodox CemeteryCedar Rapids, IAOrthodox cemetery3.4 mi
- Saint Johns CemeteryCedar Rapids, IACemetery3.5 mi
- Buffalo CemeteryHiawatha, IACemetery3.5 mi
Funeral homes near Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
- Iowa Cremation0.2 miCremation provider · Cedar Rapids · (319) 378-3361
- Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services2.2 miFuneral home · Cedar Rapids · (319) 362-2147
- Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Services3.3 miFuneral home · Marion · (319) 377-1553
- Cedar Rapids Cremation Society3.5 miCremation provider · Cedar Rapids · (319) 382-8556
- Filmers Mortuary Service3.7 miMortuary · Marion · (319) 784-7100
- Papich-Kuba Funeral Service3.9 miFuneral home · Cedar Rapids · (319) 362-9032
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