Oakwood Cemetery in Shields, Michigan

Oakwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Shields, Saginaw County, Michigan. It lies about 1.0 mi west of Shields. The grounds sit at about 600 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 8 notable people buried here, including Theodore Roethke, David Jerome and Agnes E. Wells. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 633922. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Andrew Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Reitz-Herzberg Funeral Home in Saginaw, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 81 cemeteries we list in Saginaw County, and 38 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Saginaw County dates to 1865. 2 of the 81 listings in Saginaw County have a phone number or website on record.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Shields. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 1 Civil War veteran, 1 governor, 1 physician, 1 Pulitzer Prize winner, 1 scientist, 1 US representative, 1 writer.

• Theodore Roethke1908-1963
  American poet
• David Jerome1829-1896
  American politician (1829-1896), the eighteenth governor of Michigan
• Agnes E. Wells1876-1959
  American educator and women's rights activist
• Thomas C. Ripley1807-1897
  American politician
• Frederick W. Case1927-2011
  Botanist
• Charles Henry Davis1848-1918
  American lumberman
• Charles L. Hudson1904-1992
  American physician
• Ezra Gardner Rust1854-1917

People whose Wikidata entry gives Oakwood 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.

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.

• Saint Andrew Cemetery

  Shields, MI
  Catholic cemetery

  0.5 mi
• Roselawn Memorial Gardens

  Saginaw, MI
  Memorial park

  1.5 mi
• Holy Cross Lutheran Church Cemetery

  Saginaw Township North, MI
  Lutheran cemetery

  1.5 mi
• Camin Cemetery

  Saginaw Township North, MI
  Cemetery

  1.5 mi
• Bacon Cemetery

  Shields, MI
  Cemetery

  1.8 mi
• Braley Cemetery

  Shields, MI
  Cemetery

  1.9 mi
• Owen Cemetery

  Shields, MI
  Church cemetery

  2.2 mi
• Saginaw County Poor Farm Cemetery

  Saginaw Township North, MI
  Cemetery

  2.7 mi
• Saginaw Township Cemetery

  Saginaw Township North, MI
  Municipal cemetery

  2.7 mi
• Catholic Poor Farm Cemetery (historical)

  Saginaw Township North, MI
  Catholic cemetery

  2.7 mi

• Reitz-Herzberg Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Saginaw · (989) 790-2440
  0.8 mi
• Skorupski Family Funeral Home & Cremation Services

  Funeral home · Saginaw · (989) 790-7334
  0.8 mi
• Kind Cremations

  Cremation provider · Saginaw · (855) 546-3123
  0.8 mi
• Deisler Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Saginaw · (989) 793-1635
  1.7 mi
• W. L. Case and Company Funeral Directors

  Funeral home · Saginaw · (989) 781-1070
  1.7 mi
• Deisler Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Saginaw · (989) 799-1151
  2.1 mi

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