Forest Cemetery in Oskaloosa, Iowa

Forest Cemetery is a cemetery near Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa. It lies about 0.8 mi southwest of Oskaloosa. The grounds sit at about 781 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 15 notable people buried here, including Arthur Russell, John F. Lacey and Tyler Sash. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 456665. The nearest other listed cemetery is Old White Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the northwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Langkamp Funeral Chapel & Crematory in Oskaloosa, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 66 cemeteries we list in Mahaska County, and 37 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Oskaloosa. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 3 US representatives, 1 football player, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 musician, 1 scientist, 1 writer.

• Arthur Russell1951-1992
  American musician
• John F. Lacey1841-1913
  Union Army officer
• Tyler Sash1988-2015
  American football player
• Hildegard Rothe-Ille1899-1942
  German mathematician
• Marsena E. Cutts1833-1883
  American politician
• Samuel Hawkins Marshall Byers1838-1933
  American poet, diplomat and soldier
• William Loughridge1827-1889
  American politician
• John R. Needham1824-1868
  American politician
• Samuel Allen Rice1828-1864
  American soldier
• Effie Hoffman Rogers1855-1918
  American educator and newspaper editor
• Asa Turner1799-1885
• Byron W. Preston1858-1939
  American judge

People whose Wikidata entry gives Forest 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.

• Old White Cemetery

  Oskaloosa, IA
  Cemetery

  0.8 mi
• Friends Cemetery

  Oskaloosa, IA
  Cemetery

  1.0 mi
• Center Grove Cemetery

  Oskaloosa, IA
  Cemetery

  1.2 mi
• University Park Cemetery

  Oskaloosa, IA
  Cemetery

  1.2 mi
• Spring Creek Friends Cemetery

  Oskaloosa, IA
  Cemetery

  1.7 mi
• Chew Cemetery

  Oskaloosa, IA
  Cemetery

  1.9 mi
• McGlasson Cemetery

  Oskaloosa, IA
  Cemetery

  3.4 mi
• McDonald Cemetery

  Oskaloosa, IA
  Cemetery

  3.9 mi
• Prine Cemetery

  Oskaloosa, IA
  Cemetery

  4.2 mi
• Beacon Cemetery

  Oskaloosa, IA
  Cemetery

  4.4 mi

• Langkamp Funeral Chapel & Crematory

  Cremation provider · Oskaloosa · (641) 672-2181
  0.7 mi
• Bates Funeral Chapel

  Funeral chapel · Oskaloosa · (641) 673-7366
  0.7 mi
• Eddyville Funeral Chapel

  Funeral chapel · Eddyville · (641) 969-4313
  10 mi
• Holland-Coble Funeral Home

  Funeral home · New Sharon · (641) 637-2811
  11 mi
• Fremont Funeral Chapel

  Funeral chapel · Fremont · (641) 933-4315
  12 mi
• Calvary Wayside Chapel

  Funeral home · Pella
  14 mi

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