About Garfield Park Cemetery
Garfield Park Cemetery is a cemetery near East Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan. It lies about 1.7 mi northeast of East Grand Rapids. The grounds sit at about 748 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Bobby DeBarge. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 626658. The nearest other listed cemetery is Woodlawn Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Gillespie Funeral Services in Grand Rapids, about 1.0 mi away. It is one of 114 cemeteries we list in Kent County, and 54 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 114 listings in Kent County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, East Grand Rapids. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Garfield Park Cemetery
Among them: 1 musician.
- Bobby DeBarge1956-1995American singer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Garfield Park 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
42.92255, -85.63104
What Garfield Park 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
- Woodlawn CemeteryEast Grand Rapids, MICemetery0.3 mi
- Woodlawn Cemetery EastEast Grand Rapids, MICemetery0.4 mi
- Oak Grove CemeteryEast Grand Rapids, MICemetery0.6 mi
- Oakgrove CemeteryEast Grand Rapids, MICemetery0.6 mi
- Maple Grove CemeteryKentwood, MICemetery1.3 mi
- Rest Lawn CemeteryKentwood, MICemetery1.6 mi
- Oakhill CemeteryGrand Rapids, MICemetery1.7 mi
- Oak Hill CemeteryGrand Rapids, MICemetery1.7 mi
- Saint Andrews CemeteryGrand Rapids, MICemetery2.1 mi
- Fulton Street CemeteryGrand Rapids, MICemetery3.0 mi
Funeral homes near Garfield Park Cemetery
- Gillespie Funeral Services1.0 miFuneral home · Grand Rapids · (616) 241-5665
- Zaagman Memorial Chapel1.6 miFuneral chapel · Grand Rapids · (616) 940-3022
- Michigan Cremation & Funeral Care1.9 miCremation provider · Grand Rapids · (616) 452-3006
- Michigan Cremation & Funeral Care2.3 miCremation provider · Grand Rapids · (616) 452-3006
- Toombs By Crystal Funeral Services2.5 miFuneral home · Grand Rapids · (616) 813-8351
- Brown's Funeral Home2.6 miFuneral home · Grand Rapids · (616) 243-1425
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