About Woodmere Cemetery
Woodmere Cemetery is a cemetery near Carleton, Wayne County, Michigan. It lies about 2.5 mi south of Carleton. The grounds sit at about 623 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 42 notable people buried here, including David Dunbar Buick, Henry M. Leland and James Edmund Scripps. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1616775. The nearest other listed cemetery is Walnut Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Arthur Bobcean Funeral Home Inc. in Carleton, about 2.5 mi away. It is one of 110 cemeteries we list in Wayne County, and 49 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Wayne County dates to 1925. 3 of the 110 listings in Wayne County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Carleton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Woodmere Cemetery
Among them: 8 business leaders, 4 baseball players, 3 architects, 3 writers, 2 artists, 2 inventors and engineers, 2 US representatives, 1 football player.
- David Dunbar Buick1854-1929Scottish-American inventor
- Henry M. Leland1843-1932American engineer, machinist, and entrepreneur
- James Edmund Scripps1835-1906US-British journalist and philanthropist
- Levi T. Griffin1837-1906Union Army officer
- Moses W. Field1828-1889American politician
- Tom Cooper1872-1906American racing cyclist and auto racing driver
- John J. Bagley1832-1881American politician
- E. St. Elmo Lewis1872-1948American writer
- Elmer Ellsworth Brown1861-1934American educator
- Joe Yeager1875-1937American baseball player and manager
- Lynn Bogue Hunt1878-1960American artist
- Nig Clarke1882-1949Canadian baseball player
Show all 42 notable burials
- Dexter M. Ferry1833-1907American businessman
- Gene Krapp1887-1923American baseball player
- William Edmund Scripps1882-1952American publisher
- Bill Stellberger1865-1936Major League Baseball player
- Cyrenius A. Newcomb Sr.1837-1915American businessman
- Dexter M. Ferry Jr.1873-1959American politician, businessman, philanthropist
- John Pridgeon Jr.1852-1929American mayor
- Lillian Hollister1853-1911American temperance activist, church worker
- Neil Snow1879-1914American football player and coach
- Susan M. Hopkins1900-1969American archaeologist
- Aaron H. Gould1865-1930
- Alice Eddy Curtiss1857-1889American author
- David Porter Mayhew1817-1887American educator
- Emil Hardrat1810-1886
- Hamilton Carhartt1855-1937American businessman
- John Horn, Jr.1843-1920Congressional Gold Medal recipient
- Mary Taylor Blauvelt1867-1952American author
- Mortimer L. Smith1840-1896American artist and architect
- Sheldon Smith1816-1868American architect
- Albert Hatton Gilmer1878-1950Born 31 Dec 1878; died 5 Jun 1950
- Charles I. Walker1814-1895American judge
- David Abraham Brown1875-1958American banker and philanthropist
- Emily DeLisle1988-1989Murdered American child
- Fanny Emily Fish Irving Trollope1829-1905United States scientific specimen collector
- John James Barton Jr.1883-1963Detroit police officer
- Joseph Brown Morse French1854-1928
- Kathryn DeLisle1986-1989Murdered American child
- Mary K. Kercheval1835-1910
- Walter Haslip Stowers1859-1932American novelist, newspaper editor, lawyer
- Winifred Anna Comstock1873-1926Heiress
People whose Wikidata entry gives Woodmere 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
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What Woodmere 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
- Walnut CemeteryCarleton, MICemetery0.1 mi
- Waltz CemeteryCarleton, MICemetery0.1 mi
- Clark CemeteryCarleton, MICemetery0.6 mi
- Felt CemeteryCarleton, MICemetery1.1 mi
- Johnson CemeteryCarleton, MICemetery1.8 mi
- Rupert Farm Cemetery (historical)Carleton, MICemetery2.0 mi
- Carleton CemeteryCarleton, MICemetery2.4 mi
- Huron Township CemeteryFlat Rock, MIMunicipal cemetery2.5 mi
- Michigan Memorial Park CemeteryFlat Rock, MIMemorial park2.7 mi
- Port Creek CemeteryFlat Rock, MICemetery3.4 mi
Funeral homes near Woodmere Cemetery
- Arthur Bobcean Funeral Home Inc.2.5 miFuneral home · Carleton
- Bobcean Funeral Home2.5 miFuneral home · Carleton · (734) 654-2000
- Michigan Memorial Funeral2.7 miFuneral home · New Boston · (734) 782-1170
- Michigan Memorial Funeral Home3.1 miFuneral home · Flat Rock · (734) 783-2646
- Bobcean Funeral Home4.9 miFuneral home · Flat Rock · (734) 782-2755
- Janowiak Funeral Home6.5 miFuneral home · Belleville · (734) 699-6000
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