About East Lawn Cemetery
East Lawn Cemetery is a cemetery near Sheldon, O'Brien County, Iowa. It lies about 1.1 mi west of Sheldon. The grounds sit at about 1,447 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including William D. Boies, Homer C. Hubbard and Robert M. Reed. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 456168. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Patricks Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Andringa Funeral Home in Sheldon, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 22 cemeteries we list in O'Brien County, and 14 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Sheldon. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at East Lawn Cemetery
Among them: 1 football player, 1 US representative.
- William D. Boies1857-1932American politician
- Homer C. Hubbard1885-1955American sports coach
- Robert M. Reed1932-2011American publishing and broadcasting executive
People whose Wikidata entry gives East 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
43.17989, -95.83398
What East 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
- Saint Patricks CemeterySheldon, IACemetery0.2 mi
- Saint Paul Lutheran CemeterySheldon, IALutheran cemetery0.5 mi
- Greenwood CemeterySheldon, IACemetery6.4 mi
- Quaker CemeterySheldon, IAQuaker cemetery7.6 mi
- Roseland CemeterySanborn, IACemetery7.7 mi
- Hospers Memorial CemeterySheldon, IACemetery8.1 mi
- Hospers CemeterySheldon, IACemetery8.5 mi
- Saint Anthonys CemeterySheldon, IACemetery8.6 mi
- Saint Cecilia CemeterySanborn, IACemetery9.1 mi
- Gilman CemeterySibley, IACemetery9.4 mi
Funeral homes near East Lawn Cemetery
- Andringa Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Sheldon · (712) 324-2230
- Vander Ploeg Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Sheldon · (712) 324-3331
- Sanborn Funeral Home9.0 miFuneral home · Sanborn · (712) 729-3238
- Gaudian & Eldridge Funeral12 miFuneral home · Primghar · (712) 757-8055
- Jurrens Funeral Homes14 miFuneral home · George · (712) 475-3308
- Eldridge Family Funeral Homes/Vander Ploeg Funeral Homes15 miFuneral home · Paullina · (712) 448-3820
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