About Memory Gardens Cemetery
Memory Gardens Cemetery is a cemetery near Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa. It lies about 1.8 mi northwest of Iowa City. The grounds sit at about 709 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 6 notable people buried here, including Bucky O'Connor, J. Elwood Davis and Glenn Devine. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 458982. The nearest other listed cemetery is Oakland Cemetery, about 1.7 mi to the northwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City, about 0.1 mi away. It is one of 79 cemeteries we list in Johnson County, and 36 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Iowa City. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Memory Gardens Cemetery
- Bucky O'Connor1913-1958American basketball coach
- J. Elwood Davis1892-1974American football player and coach
- Glenn Devine1895-1970American football player and coach
- Donald W. Sutherland1931-1986Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America
- James B. Stroud1897-1989Psychologist
- Norman C. Meier1893-1967American psychologist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Memory Gardens 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
41.65125, -91.49867
What Memory Gardens 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
- Oakland CemeteryIowa City, IACemetery1.7 mi
- Saint Joseph Cemetery OldIowa City, IACemetery1.8 mi
- Saint Joseph Cemetery NewIowa City, IACemetery1.9 mi
- North Scott CemeteryIowa City, IACemetery2.8 mi
- Agudas Achim CemeteryIowa City, IAJewish cemetery3.0 mi
- Pioneer Burial GroundCoralville, IACemetery4.3 mi
- Thompson Cherry CemeteryIowa City, IACemetery4.3 mi
- Oak Hill CemeteryCoralville, IACemetery4.3 mi
- Molback Farm CemeteryIowa City, IACemetery4.5 mi
- Fairview CemeteryWest Branch, IACemetery5.1 mi
Funeral homes near Memory Gardens Cemetery
- Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service0.1 miCremation provider · Iowa City · (319) 338-1132
- Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service1.5 miCremation provider · Iowa City · (319) 338-8171
- Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service4.6 miCremation provider · Coralville · (319) 351-9362
- Henderson-Barker Funeral Home7.5 miFuneral home · West Branch · (319) 643-2112
- Celebrate Life Iowa Cremation Services9.1 miCremation provider · North Liberty · (319) 853-8181
- Infinity Funeral Supply9.7 miCremation provider · North Liberty · (866) 511-4443
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