Lakeside Cemetery in Wakefield, Massachusetts

Lakeside Cemetery is a cemetery near Wakefield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The grounds sit at about 98 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 12 notable people buried here, including David Souter, Cyrus Wakefield and Lucius Beebe. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 599064. The nearest other listed cemetery is Temple Israel Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is McDonald Funeral Home in Wakefield, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 284 cemeteries we list in Middlesex County, and 190 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Middlesex County dates to 1649. 9 of the 284 listings in Middlesex County have a phone number or website on record.

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

Among them: 4 writers, 2 artists, 2 business leaders, 1 architect, 1 journalist, 1 Supreme Court justice.

• David Souter1939-2025
  American lawyer and jurist
• Cyrus Wakefield1811-1873
  American businessman
• Lucius Beebe1902-1966
  American writer and photographer
• Mary Andrews Denison1826-1911
  American novelist
• Burrage Yale1781-1860
  Tin ware manufacturer from Wakefield, Massachusetts
• Electa Nobles Lincoln Walton1824-1908
  Educator, lecturer, writer, and suffragist
• Edward Melville Bridge1890-1979
• George Lincoln Walton1854-1941
  American neurologist and writer
• Louise Beebe Wilder1878-1938
  American garden designer and author
• Stephen Gordon Nash1822-1894
  American judge
• Edith F. Foster1863-1951
  American author and illustrator
• Edwin Child Miller1857-1920
  Politician in Massachusetts, US

People whose Wikidata entry gives Lakeside 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.

• Temple Israel Cemetery

  Wakefield, MA
  Jewish cemetery

  0.1 mi
• Lynn Hebrew Benevolent Cemetery

  Wakefield, MA
  Jewish cemetery

  0.1 mi
• Temple Emanuel Cemetery

  Wakefield, MA
  Jewish cemetery

  0.1 mi
• Amos Lodge B'nai B'rith Cemetery

  Wakefield, MA
  Jewish cemetery

  0.1 mi
• Old Cemetery

  Wakefield, MA
  Cemetery

  0.4 mi
• Forest Glade Cemetery

  470 Lowell Street, Wakefield, MA
  Cemetery

  1.3 mi
• Saint Patricks Cemetery

  Stoneham, MA
  Cemetery

  1.4 mi
• Laurel Hill Cemetery

  Reading, MA
  Cemetery

  1.7 mi
• Charles Lawn Cemetery

  Reading, MA
  Cemetery

  1.9 mi
• Old Burying Ground Cemetery

  Stoneham, MA
  Cemetery

  2.2 mi

• McDonald Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Wakefield · (781) 245-3550
  0.5 mi
• Quinlan Memorials

  Monument dealer · Wakefield · (781) 245-2505
  1.0 mi
• Doherty - Barile Family Funeral Homes

  Funeral home · Reading · (781) 944-1589
  1.5 mi
• Douglass, Edgerley, & Bessom Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Reading · (781) 944-0284
  1.5 mi
• Mcdonald-finnegan Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Stoneham · (781) 438-0405
  2.2 mi
• Anderson-Bryant Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Stoneham · (781) 438-0135
  2.2 mi

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