About Oakland Cemetery
Oakland Cemetery is a cemetery near Forest City, Winnebago County, Iowa. It lies about 1.0 mi south of Forest City. The grounds sit at about 1,283 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Charles William Hanko and Robert Bungum. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 459768. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint James Catholic Cemetery, about 1.2 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Schott Funeral Home in Forest City, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 31 cemeteries we list in Winnebago County, and 24 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Forest City. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oakland Cemetery
Among them: 1 football player.
- Charles William Hanko1920-1990American historian and politician
- Robert Bungum1910-1976American football player
People whose Wikidata entry gives Oakland 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
43.27664, -93.63481
What Oakland 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
- Saint James Catholic CemeteryForest City, IACatholic cemetery1.2 mi
- Madison CemeteryForest City, IACemetery2.5 mi
- Forest Home CemeteryForest City, IACemetery4.1 mi
- Mount Valley CemeteryForest City, IACemetery4.1 mi
- Union CemeteryForest City, IACemetery5.0 mi
- West Prairie Lutheran CemeteryForest City, IALutheran cemetery5.0 mi
- Mount Valley Bethel Lutheran CemeteryForest City, IALutheran cemetery6.0 mi
- Pilot Knob CemeteryForest City, IACemetery6.3 mi
- Kingland CemeteryForest City, IACemetery6.4 mi
- West Prairie CemeteryForest City, IACemetery7.1 mi
Funeral homes near Oakland Cemetery
- Schott Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Forest City · (641) 585-2685
- Forest City Granite Works0.8 miMonument dealer · Forest City · (641) 582-3282
- Mittelstadt Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Lake Mills · (641) 592-0221
- Cataldo Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Garner · (641) 923-2841
- Ewing Funeral Home and Monument Company15 miFuneral home · Britt · (641) 843-3839
- Cataldo Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Britt · (641) 843-3811
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