About Rockford Cemetery
Rockford Cemetery is a cemetery near Rockford, Kent County, Michigan. The grounds sit at about 804 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Harold S. Sawyer. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 636090. The nearest other listed cemetery is Old Rockford Cemetary, about 0.2 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Pederson Funeral Home in Rockford, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 114 cemeteries we list in Kent County, and 38 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, Rockford. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Rockford Cemetery
Among them: 1 US representative, 1 World War II veteran.
- Harold S. Sawyer1920-2003American politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Rockford 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
43.11472, -85.55190
What Rockford 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
- Old Rockford CemetaryRockford, MICemetery0.2 mi
- Rockford Pioneer CemeteryRockford, MICemetery0.2 mi
- Briggs Family CemeteryRockford, MIFamily cemetery1.7 mi
- Blythefield Memory GardensBelmont, MICemetery2.7 mi
- Plainfield Township Cemetery and ColumbariumBelmont, MIMunicipal cemetery3.3 mi
- Oakwood CemeteryNorthview, MICemetery3.6 mi
- Friant CemeteryNorthview, MICemetery3.7 mi
- Saint Mary's CemeteryBelmont, MICemetery3.9 mi
- Courtland CemeteryRockford, MICemetery4.1 mi
- Algoma Township CemeteryRockford, MIMunicipal cemetery4.7 mi
Funeral homes near Rockford Cemetery
- Pederson Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Rockford · (616) 282-0781
- Mkd Matthysse Kuiper Degraaf Funeral Homes4.3 miFuneral home · Belmont · (616) 866-7200
- Grand Rapids Cremation Services5.7 miCremation provider · Grand Rapids · (616) 600-0081
- K.E. Pike Funeral Home6.8 miFuneral home · Cedar Springs · (616) 696-1410
- Bliss-Witters & Pike Funeral Home6.8 miFuneral home · Cedar Springs
- Beuschel Funeral Home8.1 miFuneral home · Comstock Park · (616) 785-3863
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