About Lake View Cemetery
Lake View Cemetery is a cemetery near South Haven, Van Buren County, Michigan. It lies about 0.7 mi southwest of South Haven. The grounds sit at about 640 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Dwight Watson, Harvey Long and William H. Wilcox. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2112779. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hebrew Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Starks Family Funeral Homes - Filbrandt Chapel in South Haven, about 1.3 mi away. It is one of 56 cemeteries we list in Van Buren County, and 14 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Van Buren County dates to 1870. 3 of the 56 listings in Van Buren County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, South Haven. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Lake View Cemetery
Among them: 2 football players, 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 World War I veteran.
- Dwight Watson1873-1920American football player and coach
- Harvey Long1906-1952American football player
- William H. Wilcox1840-1913American soldier (1840-1913); Medal of Honor recipient
People whose Wikidata entry gives Lake View 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
42.40838, -86.26241
What Lake View 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
- Hebrew CemeterySouth Haven, MIJewish cemetery0.2 mi
- Chambers CemeterySouth Haven, MICemetery3.6 mi
- Stephenson CemeterySouth Haven, MICemetery4.3 mi
- McDowell CemeterySouth Haven, MICemetery4.5 mi
- Lacota CemeterySouth Haven, MICemetery6.6 mi
- Monks CemeteryBangor, MICemetery7.3 mi
- Covert CemeteryPaw Paw Lake, MICemetery7.6 mi
- Stuller CemeteryFennville, MICemetery7.7 mi
- Monk CemeteryBangor, MICemetery7.9 mi
- Fish CemeteryPaw Paw Lake, MICemetery9.1 mi
Funeral homes near Lake View Cemetery
- Starks Family Funeral Homes - Filbrandt Chapel1.3 miFuneral home · South Haven · (269) 637-0333
- D. L. Miller Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Bangor · (269) 427-7551
- Calvin Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Hartford · (269) 621-4101
- Chappell Funeral Home Inc15 miFuneral home · Fennville · (269) 561-4601
- Duffield and Pastrick Funeral Home and Cremation15 miFuneral home · Coloma · (269) 468-6000
- Hutchins Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Watervliet · (269) 463-3811
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