About Fairplains Cemetery
Fairplains Cemetery is a cemetery near Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan. It lies about 2.9 mi southwest of Grand Rapids. The grounds sit at about 715 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Hugh Blacklock. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 625743. The nearest funeral home we know of is Memorial Alternatives Burial and Cremations in Grand Rapids, about 0.4 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, Grand Rapids. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Fairplains Cemetery
Among them: 1 football player.
- Hugh Blacklock1893-1954American football player
People whose Wikidata entry gives Fairplains 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
43.00156, -85.64222
What Fairplains 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.
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Funeral homes near Fairplains Cemetery
- Memorial Alternatives Burial and Cremations0.4 miFuneral home · Grand Rapids · (616) 363-3700
- Reyers North Valley Chapel0.9 miFuneral home · Grand Rapids · (616) 363-7755
- Heritage Life Story Funeral Homes0.9 miFuneral home · Grand Rapids · (616) 361-2613
- Arsulowicz Brothers Mortuaries2.2 miMortuary · Grand Rapids · (616) 458-5516
- Heritage Life Story Funeral Homes - Van't Hof Chapel2.7 miFuneral home · Grand Rapids · (616) 459-6137
- MKD Funeral Home2.8 miFuneral home · Grand Rapids · (616) 724-1800
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