About Ishpeming Cemetery
Ishpeming Cemetery is a cemetery near Ishpeming, Marquette County, Michigan. It lies about 1.3 mi south of Ishpeming. The grounds sit at about 1,447 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including John D. Voelker, H. Olin Young and John W. Jochim. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 629102. The nearest other listed cemetery is Negaunee Cemetery, about 5.5 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Bjork & Zhulkie Funeral Home in Ishpeming, about 1.0 mi away. It is one of 24 cemeteries we list in Marquette County, and 3 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 4 of the 24 listings in Marquette County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Ishpeming. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Ishpeming Cemetery
Among them: 2 writers, 1 artist, 1 US representative.
- John D. Voelker1903-1991American judge and writer
- H. Olin Young1850-1917American politician
- John W. Jochim1845-1905American politician
- John Olof Viking1874-1958Amateur writer and photographer
- Melvin G. Holli1933-2016American historian
People whose Wikidata entry gives Ishpeming 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
46.50769, -87.66874
What Ishpeming 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
- Negaunee CemeteryNegaunee, MICemetery5.5 mi
- Northland Chapel Gardens CemeteryTrowbridge Park, MIChurch cemetery8.2 mi
- Clarksburg CemeteryWest Ishpeming, MICemetery8.7 mi
- Holy Cross CemeteryTrowbridge Park, MIChristian cemetery13 mi
- Humboldt CemeteryIshpeming, MICemetery13 mi
- Old Catholic CemeteryMarquette, MICatholic cemetery13 mi
- Park CemeteryMarquette, MICemetery13 mi
- Champion CemeteryIshpeming, MICemetery14 mi
- Bakkala CemeteryGwinn, MICemetery14 mi
- Sacred Heart CemeteryIshpeming, MICemetery15 mi
Funeral homes near Ishpeming Cemetery
- Bjork & Zhulkie Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Ishpeming · (906) 486-8911
- Canale & Pennock Funeral Service1.1 miFuneral home · Ishpeming · (906) 485-1500
- Koskey Funeral Home2.9 miFuneral home · Negaunee · (906) 475-4631
- Canale Tonella Funeral Home and Cremation Services13 miFuneral home · Marquette · (906) 226-2711
- Fassbender Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Marquette · (906) 228-3040
- Fassbender Swanson Hansen Funeral & Cremation Services13 miCremation provider · Marquette · (906) 226-6589
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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