About Martin Cemetery
Martin Cemetery is a cemetery near East Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan. It lies about 2.5 mi west of East Grand Rapids. The grounds sit at about 771 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Harvey Pierson Pettit. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 631649. The nearest other listed cemetery is Graceland Memorial Park and Mausoleum, about 0.1 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Metcalf & Jonkhoff Funeral Services in Grand Rapids, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 114 cemeteries we list in Kent County, and 53 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 Martin Cemetery
Among them: 1 scientist.
- Harvey Pierson Pettit1893-1966Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1922
People whose Wikidata entry gives Martin 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
42.94585, -85.56085
What Martin 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
- Graceland Memorial Park and MausoleumEast Grand Rapids, MIMemorial park0.1 mi
- Teeple Cemetery (historical)Forest Hills, MICemetery2.2 mi
- Chapel Hill Memorial GardensForest Hills, MIMemorial park2.7 mi
- Ada CemeteryForest Hills, MICemetery3.1 mi
- Garfield Park CemeteryEast Grand Rapids, MICemetery3.9 mi
- Woodlawn Cemetery EastEast Grand Rapids, MICemetery3.9 mi
- Maple Grove CemeteryKentwood, MICemetery4.0 mi
- Woodlawn CemeteryEast Grand Rapids, MICemetery4.0 mi
- Oak Grove CemeteryEast Grand Rapids, MICemetery4.2 mi
- Oakgrove CemeteryEast Grand Rapids, MICemetery4.2 mi
Funeral homes near Martin Cemetery
- Metcalf & Jonkhoff Funeral Services0.2 miFuneral home · Grand Rapids · (616) 940-7333
- O'Brien Eggebeen Gerst Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Grand Rapids · (616) 949-7350
- Zaagman Memorial Chapel2.4 miFuneral chapel · Grand Rapids · (616) 940-3022
- Arsulowicz Brothers Mortuaries4.6 miMortuary · Grand Rapids · (616) 458-5516
- Gillespie Funeral Services4.7 miFuneral home · Grand Rapids · (616) 241-5665
- Brown's Funeral Home5.2 miFuneral home · Grand Rapids · (616) 243-1425
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