About West Lawn Cemetery
West Lawn Cemetery is a cemetery near Glidden, Carroll County, Iowa. It lies about 0.8 mi southeast of Glidden. The grounds sit at about 1,240 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Merle Hay. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 462877. The nearest other listed cemetery is Dickson Cemetery, about 3.8 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Dahn and Woodhouse Funeral Home in Glidden, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 28 cemeteries we list in Carroll County, and 12 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Glidden. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at West Lawn Cemetery
Among them: 1 World War I veteran.
- Merle Hay1896-1917United States Army soldier
People whose Wikidata entry gives West Lawn 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
42.06499, -94.74081
What West Lawn 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
- Dickson CemeteryGlidden, IACemetery3.8 mi
- Holy Family CemeteryCarroll, IAFamily cemetery4.3 mi
- Salisbury CemeteryGlidden, IACemetery5.5 mi
- Immanuel CemeteryCarroll, IACemetery6.0 mi
- Carroll City CemeteryCarroll, IAMunicipal cemetery6.2 mi
- Dillavou CemeteryGlidden, IACemetery6.6 mi
- East Liberty CemeteryCarroll, IACemetery6.6 mi
- Saint Mary's Catholic CemeteryCarroll, IACatholic cemetery7.3 mi
- Lanesboro CemeteryLake City, IACemetery8.1 mi
- Scranton CemeteryGlidden, IACemetery8.7 mi
Funeral homes near West Lawn Cemetery
- Dahn and Woodhouse Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Glidden · (712) 659-3131
- Sharp Funeral Home6.6 miFuneral home · Carroll · (712) 792-4301
- Dahn & Woodhouse Funeral Home6.6 miFuneral home · Carroll · (712) 792-3561
- Dahn & Woodhouse Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Coon Rapids · (712) 999-7272
- Lampe Funeral and Cremation Service14 miCremation provider · Lake City · (712) 464-7665
- Sharp Funeral Homes15 miFuneral home · Breda · (712) 673-2828
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