About Davenport Memorial Park
Davenport Memorial Park is a memorial park near Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. It lies about 2.9 mi south of Davenport. The grounds sit at about 666 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 6 notable people buried here, including Roger Jepsen, Fred Schwengel and Herb Plambeck. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 465067. The nearest other listed cemetery is Calvary Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the west. The nearest cremation provider we know of is The Runge Mortuary & Crematory in Davenport, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 51 cemeteries we list in Scott County, and 51 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Davenport. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Davenport Memorial Park
Among them: 1 football player, 1 journalist, 1 US representative, 1 US senator.
- Roger Jepsen1928-2020American politician
- Fred Schwengel1906-1993American politician
- Herb Plambeck1908-2001American journalist
- Carroll N. Kirk1886-1963American football coach and college sports coach
- Harold Thordsen1907-1999American politician
- Frederick Howe Lamb1888-1957American pathologist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Davenport Memorial Park 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
41.56344, -90.55970
What Davenport Memorial Park 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
- Calvary CemeteryDavenport, IACatholic cemetery0.2 mi
- Mount Calvary Catholic CemeteryDavenport, IACatholic cemetery0.2 mi
- Pine Hill CemeteryDavenport, IACemetery0.3 mi
- Mount Nebo CemeteryDavenport, IAJewish cemetery0.3 mi
- Oakdale CemeteryDavenport, IACemetery1.3 mi
- Oakdale Cemetery Soldiers' LotDavenport, IACemetery1.4 mi
- Sacred Heart CemeteryDavenport, IACemetery2.2 mi
- Saint Marys Church CemeteryDavenport, IACatholic cemetery3.2 mi
- Rock Island Confederate CemeteryRodman Avenue, Rock Island, IL · est. 1863Cemetery3.4 mi
- City CemetaryDavenport, IACemetery3.7 mi
Funeral homes near Davenport Memorial Park
- The Runge Mortuary & Crematory0.3 miCremation provider · Davenport · (563) 391-6202
- Weerts Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Davenport · (563) 355-4433
- Halligan–McCabe–DeVries Funeral Home2.7 miFuneral home · Davenport · (563) 322-4438
- Mc Ginnis-chambers Funeral Home3.2 miFuneral home · Bettendorf · (563) 355-1751
- Orr's Mortuary4.0 miMortuary · Rock Island · (309) 786-3468
- Hodgson Funeral Home4.0 miFuneral home · Rock Island · (309) 788-5649
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