Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines, Iowa

Glendale Cemetery is a cemetery in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. The grounds sit at about 955 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 18 notable people buried here, including Henry A. Wallace, Wallace Carothers and Dina Manfredini. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 456922. The nearest other listed cemetery is Masonic Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Iles Westover Funeral Home in Des Moines, about 1.1 mi away. It is one of 71 cemeteries we list in Polk County, and 39 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 3 of the 71 listings in Polk County have a phone number or website on record.

Among them: 3 US representatives, 2 baseball players, 2 Medal of Honor recipients, 2 writers, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 governor, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 scientist.

• Henry A. Wallace1888-1965
  American politician (1888-1965); Vice President of the United States from 1941 to 1945
• Wallace Carothers1896-1937
  American organic chemist
• Dina Manfredini1897-2012
  Italian-American supercentenarian
• Clyde L. Herring1879-1945
  American politician
• Cassius C. Dowell1864-1940
  American politician
• Edward H. Gillette1840-1918
  Iowa politician
• Eric Cooper1966-2019
  American baseball umpire
• Adrian Lynch1897-1934
  Baseball player
• Charlie Dexter1876-1934
  American baseball player
• Herman Edward Hollis1903-1934
  FBI agent
• Joseph Fitz1886-1945
  United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
• Solomon F. Prouty1854-1927
  American politician

People whose Wikidata entry gives Glendale 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.

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.

• Masonic Cemetery

  Urbandale, IA
  Cemetery

  0.2 mi
• Benjamin F. Jesse Pioneer Cemetery

  West Des Moines, IA
  Cemetery

  1.9 mi
• Emmanuel Cemetery

  Des Moines, IA
  Jewish cemetery

  2.2 mi
• Emanuel Cemetery

  Des Moines, IA
  Cemetery

  2.2 mi
• Saint Ambrose Cemetery

  Des Moines, IA
  Catholic cemetery

  2.3 mi
• Woodland Cemetery

  Des Moines, IA
  Church cemetery

  2.4 mi
• Chapel Hill Gardens Cemetery

  Urbandale, IA
  Church cemetery

  2.4 mi
• Resthaven Cemetery

  801 19th Street, West Des Moines, IA
  Cemetery

  2.7 mi
• McDivitt Grove Cemetery

  Urbandale, IA
  Cemetery

  3.0 mi
• Oak Grove Cemetery

  West Des Moines, IA
  Cemetery

  4.2 mi

• Des Moines Winterset Memorials

  Monument dealer · Des Moines · (515) 277-4433
  0.4 mi
• Iles Westover Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Des Moines · (515) 276-4567
  1.1 mi
• Iles Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Urbandale
  1.1 mi
• Brooks Funeral Care

  Funeral home · Clive · (515) 277-8700
  2.1 mi
• Central Iowa Cremation Services

  Cremation provider · Urbandale · (515) 276-0616
  2.4 mi
• Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home & Crematory

  Cremation provider · Urbandale · (515) 276-0551
  2.4 mi

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