Woodlawn Cemetery in Wellesley, Massachusetts

Woodlawn Cemetery is a cemetery near Wellesley, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. It lies about 0.7 mi west of Wellesley. The grounds sit at about 200 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 15 notable people buried here, including Thomas Huckle Weller, Karen Stives and Eddie Yost. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 599426. The nearest other listed cemetery is Babson Burial Site, about 0.6 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home in Wellesley, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 124 cemeteries we list in Norfolk County, and 114 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Norfolk County dates to 1651. 12 of the 124 listings in Norfolk County have a phone number or website on record.

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

Among them: 2 writers, 1 artist, 1 baseball player, 1 business leader, 1 Nobel laureate, 1 physician, 1 scientist.

• Thomas Huckle Weller1915-2008
  American virologist
• Karen Stives1950-2015
  Equestrian
• Eddie Yost1926-2012
  Baseball player-coach
• Sarah Newcomb Merrick1844-1922
  Canadian-American educator, writer, business woman, physician
• Ada Howard1829-1907
  American educator, president of Wellesley College
• Daniel Huntington1868-1950
  American bishop
• Sherman Foote Denton1856-1937
  American author, lepidopterist, scientific illustrator and naturalist
• Arthur Orlo Norton1869-1959
  American educator
• Eben Putnam1868-1933
  American genealogist and historian
• Frederic W. Cook1873-1951
  American politician
• Laurence E. Bunker1902-1977
  American Army Colonel
• Walter Babcock Swift1868-1942
  American neurologist

People whose Wikidata entry gives Woodlawn 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.

• Babson Burial Site

  Wellesley, MA
  Cemetery

  0.6 mi
• Wellesley Memorial Path Cemetery

  Wellesley, MA
  Cemetery

  0.8 mi
• Needham Cemetery

  Needham, MA
  Cemetery

  1.7 mi
• Saint Marys Cemetery

  1 Wellesley Avenue, Needham, MA
  Catholic cemetery

  2.0 mi
• South Natick Burial Ground

  Natick, MA
  Cemetery

  2.4 mi
• Indian Burial Ground

  Natick, MA
  Cemetery

  2.4 mi
• Saint Marys Cemetery

  Newton Lower Falls, MA
  Cemetery

  2.5 mi
• Glenwood Cemetery

  Natick, MA
  Cemetery

  3.1 mi
• Highland Cemetery

  Dover, MA
  Cemetery

  3.4 mi
• South Burying Ground

  Weston, MA
  Cemetery

  3.7 mi

• George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Wellesley · (781) 235-4100
  0.7 mi
• Henry J. Burke & Sons Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Wellesley Hills · (781) 235-1481
  2.2 mi
• George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Needham · (781) 444-0687
  2.3 mi
• Eaton Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Needham · (781) 444-0201
  2.3 mi
• Hood Mortuary

  Mortuary · Natick · (970) 247-2312
  3.4 mi
• John Everett & Sons Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Natick · (508) 653-4342
  3.5 mi

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