About Evergreen Cemetery
Evergreen Cemetery is a cemetery near Ferndale, Wayne County, Michigan. It lies about 1.6 mi north of Ferndale. The grounds sit at about 650 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 10 notable people buried here, including Bobby Lowe, Charles Bowles and George D. Mason. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 625703. The nearest other listed cemetery is Woodlawn Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Barksdale Funeral Home in Detroit, about 1.6 mi away. It is one of 110 cemeteries we list in Wayne County, and 48 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, Ferndale. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Evergreen Cemetery
Among them: 2 baseball players, 1 football player, 1 architect, 1 artist, 1 basketball player, 1 boxer, 1 inventor or engineer.
- Bobby Lowe1865-1951American baseball player and coach
- Charles Bowles1884-1957American politician
- George D. Mason1856-1948American architect
- Joe Strawder1940-2005American basketball player
- Danny Lewis1936-2015American football player
- Oscar Stanage1883-1964American baseball player and coach
- Edwin Murray MacKay1869-1926American artist
- Marty Marshall1923-2004Boxer
- Royal R. Campbell1886-1951American football and basketball coach
- August Charles Fruehauf1868-1930American industrialist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Evergreen 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
42.43876, -83.12434
What Evergreen 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 CemeteryFerndale, MICemetery0.2 mi
- Beth Abraham Cemetery21569 Woodward Avenue, Ferndale, MIJewish cemetery0.9 mi
- Machpelah Cemetery860 Saint Louis Street, Ferndale, MICemetery0.9 mi
- Congregation Beth Tefilo Cemetery21901 Woodward Avenue, Ferndale, MIJewish cemetery1.1 mi
- Forest Hill Cemetery14520 Meyers Road, Detroit, MICemetery3.7 mi
- Sacred Heart of Saint Mary CemeteryHamtramck, MICatholic cemetery4.3 mi
- Oakview CemeteryRoyal Oak, MICemetery4.3 mi
- Saint Mary CemeteryRoyal Oak, MICatholic cemetery4.4 mi
- Royal Oak CemeteryRoyal Oak, MICemetery4.6 mi
- Forest Lawn CemeteryHamtramck, MICemetery5.3 mi
Funeral homes near Evergreen Cemetery
- Barksdale Funeral Home1.6 miFuneral home · Detroit · (313) 368-7773
- Spaulding & Curtin Funeral Directors1.7 miFuneral home · Ferndale · (248) 544-0500
- Spaulding and Curtain Funeral Home1.7 miFuneral home · Ferndale
- Mercy Funeral Home LLC2.0 miFuneral home · Hazel Park · (248) 336-3729
- Walkers Funeral Service2.2 miFuneral home · Detroit · (248) 820-1112
- Simon Javizian Funeral Home2.2 miFuneral home · Pleasant Ridge · (248) 626-7815
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