About Greenwood Cemetery
Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan. It lies about 2.6 mi southeast of Grand Rapids. The grounds sit at about 741 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including Charles E. Belknap, Dirk J. Vlug and Edbert C. Buss. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 627381. The nearest other listed cemetery is Blood Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Heritage Life Story Funeral Homes - Van't Hof Chapel in Grand Rapids, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 114 cemeteries we list in Kent County, and 58 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 Greenwood Cemetery
Among them: 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 US representative, 1 World War II veteran.
- Charles E. Belknap1846-1929American politician
- Dirk J. Vlug1916-1996United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Edbert C. Buss1884-1935American football and basketball coach
- Christopher William Leffingwell1808-1879
- Mary Jane McPhilamyborn 1894(1893-1985) wife of Christ Agon
People whose Wikidata entry gives Greenwood 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 Greenwood 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
- Blood CemeteryGrand Rapids, MICemetery0.2 mi
- Mount Calvary CemeteryGrand Rapids, MICemetery0.3 mi
- Washington Park Memorial Gardens CemeteryGrand Rapids, MIMemorial park0.4 mi
- Saints Peter & Paul CemeteryGrand Rapids, MICatholic cemetery0.5 mi
- Lithuanian Freedom CemeteryGrand Rapids, MICemetery0.5 mi
- Ahavas Israel CemeteryGrand Rapids, MIJewish cemetery0.6 mi
- Holy Cross CemeteryGrand Rapids, MICatholic cemetery0.6 mi
- White CemeteryGrand Rapids, MICemetery0.7 mi
- Brooklawn CemeteryWalker, MICemetery3.0 mi
- Grand Rapids Home For Veterans CemeteryComstock Park, MIVeterans cemetery3.2 mi
Funeral homes near Greenwood Cemetery
- Heritage Life Story Funeral Homes - Van't Hof Chapel0.8 miFuneral home · Grand Rapids · (616) 459-6137
- Arsulowicz Brothers Mortuaries1.4 miMortuary · Grand Rapids · (616) 458-1297
- Heritage Life Story Funeral Homes1.4 miFuneral home · Grand Rapids
- Alt & Shawmut Hills Chapel Inc1.5 miFuneral home · Grand Rapids · (616) 453-8263
- MKD Funeral Home2.3 miFuneral home · Grand Rapids · (616) 724-1800
- Heritage Life Story Funeral Homes2.4 miFuneral home · Grand Rapids · (616) 361-2613
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