Oakwood Downtown Cemetery in Rochester, Minnesota

Oakwood Downtown Cemetery is a cemetery near Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota. It lies about 0.8 mi southwest of Rochester. The grounds sit at about 1,010 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 16 notable people buried here, including Edward Calvin Kendall, Philip Showalter Hench and William James Mayo. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 648882. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Rochester Cremation Services in Rochester, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 51 cemeteries we list in Olmsted County, and 24 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 51 listings in Olmsted County have a phone number or website on record.

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

Among them: 2 Nobel laureates, 2 scientists, 2 World War I veterans, 1 business leader, 1 physician, 1 US representative, 1 World War II veteran.

• Edward Calvin Kendall1886-1972
  American chemist
• Philip Showalter Hench1896-1965
  American physician
• William James Mayo1861-1939
  American surgeon
• Charles Horace Mayo1865-1939
  American physician
• William Worrall Mayo1819-1911
  English born medical doctor and chemist
• Henry Stanley Plummer1874-1936
  American internist
• Alfred Washington Adson1887-1951
  Doctor
• Allen J. Furlow1890-1954
  American politician
• Charles M. Start1839-1919
  American judge
• Kerry Conley1864-1924
  American businessman and politician
• Harold G. Krieger1926-1995
  American lawyer, judge, and politician
• Orlen P. Whitcomb1831-1898
  American politician

People whose Wikidata entry gives Oakwood Downtown 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.

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  Rochester, MN
  Cemetery

  0.0 mi
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• Rochester Cremation Services

  Cremation provider · Rochester · (507) 206-4449
  0.4 mi
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  1.3 mi
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