About Oakhill Cemetery
Oakhill Cemetery is a cemetery near Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan. It lies about 1.7 mi northwest of Grand Rapids. The grounds sit at about 728 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 32 notable people buried here, including Elizabeth Wilson, Arthur Vandenberg and Violet MacMillan. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 633841. The nearest funeral home we know of is Gillespie Funeral Services in Grand Rapids, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 114 cemeteries we list in Kent County, and 59 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 Oakhill Cemetery
Among them: 5 US representatives, 4 business leaders, 2 actors, 2 artists, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 journalist, 1 US senator, 1 writer.
- Elizabeth Wilson1921-2015American actress
- Arthur Vandenberg1884-1951American politician
- Violet MacMillan1887-1953American actress
- Vern Ehlers1934-2017American politician
- Anna Sutherland Bissell1846-1934American businesswoman
- Edwin Forrest Sweet1847-1935American politician
- Carl E. Mapes1874-1939American politician
- Julius Houseman1832-1891American politician
- Melbourne H. Ford1849-1891American politician
- Thomas J. O'Brien1842-1933American diplomat
- Loyal Edwin Knappen1854-1930United States federal judge
- Melville Reuben Bissell1843-1889American entrepreneur
Show all 32 notable burials
- Sallie Steketee1882-1939American artist
- Clara W. Mingins1859-1917American educator
- Loraine Immen1840-1927American philanthropist, elocutionist, writer, club leader
- Minnie Cumnock Blodgett1862-1931Public health philanthropist
- Cora Jipson Beckwith1875-1955American zoologist
- Edith Blodgett1916-2012American philanthropist
- John W. Blodgett1860-1951American lumberman, civic leader, and philanthropist
- John Widdicomb1845-1910American industrialist
- Van Eps Young1822-1895American politician
- William Thompson Powers1820-1909American businessman and politician
- Anna Dotelle Bissell1868-1958
- Charles Ephraim Stearns1868-1925Politician in Massachusetts, US
- Daniel Howard Waters1834-1894Millionaire
- Grace H. Griswold1872-1946American entomologist
- Henry Elias Dosker1855-1926American cleric
- Henry Fralick1812-1891American politician and historian
- John Edward Peck1844-1916(1844-1916) American poisoning victim
- Justina Hall Merrick1863-1949Heiress
- N. H. Dosker1820-1887American cleric
- Stuart Padnos1922-2012US sculptor and scrap-metal magnate; philanthropist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Oakhill 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 Oakhill 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
- Oak Hill CemeteryGrand Rapids, MICemetery0.0 mi
- Saint Andrews CemeteryGrand Rapids, MICemetery0.4 mi
- Fulton Street CemeteryGrand Rapids, MICemetery1.6 mi
- Garfield Park CemeteryEast Grand Rapids, MICemetery1.7 mi
- Woodlawn CemeteryEast Grand Rapids, MICemetery1.9 mi
- Woodlawn Cemetery EastEast Grand Rapids, MICemetery2.0 mi
- Oak Grove CemeteryEast Grand Rapids, MICemetery2.2 mi
- Oakgrove CemeteryEast Grand Rapids, MICemetery2.2 mi
- Rest Lawn CemeteryKentwood, MICemetery2.8 mi
- Maple Grove CemeteryKentwood, MICemetery3.0 mi
Funeral homes near Oakhill Cemetery
- Gillespie Funeral Services0.9 miFuneral home · Grand Rapids · (616) 241-5665
- Brown's Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Grand Rapids · (616) 243-1425
- MKD Funeral Home2.0 miFuneral home · Grand Rapids · (616) 724-1800
- Arsulowicz Brothers Mortuaries2.0 miMortuary · Grand Rapids · (616) 458-5516
- Zaagman Memorial Chapel2.8 miFuneral chapel · Grand Rapids · (616) 940-3022
- Arsulowicz Brothers Mortuaries2.9 miMortuary · Grand Rapids · (616) 458-1297
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