About Memorial Park Cemetery
Memorial Park Cemetery is a memorial park near Columbia, Boone County, Missouri. It lies about 1.6 mi southeast of Columbia. The grounds sit at about 751 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 15 notable people buried here, including Bud Walton, Herbert Asbury and George R. Edwards. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 722224. The nearest other listed cemetery is Columbia Cemetery, about 1.6 mi to the southeast. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Memorial Funeral Home, Crematory and Memorial Park Cemetery in Columbia, about 0.1 mi away. It is one of 63 cemeteries we list in Boone County, and 32 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 63 listings in Boone County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Columbia. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Memorial Park Cemetery
Among them: 3 writers, 1 football player, 1 baseball player, 1 business leader, 1 journalist, 1 Korean War veteran, 1 scientist, 1 World War I veteran.
- Bud Walton1921-1995American businessman
- Herbert Asbury1889-1963American journalist
- George R. Edwards1890-1972American football and basketball coach
- Leo Lewis1933-2013Player of American and Canadian football
- Bill Gatewood1881-1962American baseball player
- Chester Brewer1875-1953American football, basketball, baseball, and track and field coach and athletic director
- Barton Griffith1926-1996Radio and television broadcaster
- D. L. Waidelich1915-2006Ph.D. Iowa State University 1946
- Eli Stuart Haynes1880-1956American astronomy professor
- Florence Morgan Sly1899-1981Indiana author ca. 1900-
- Floyd Calvin Shoemaker1886-1972American historian
- Herbert F. Lionberger1912-2000
Show all 15 notable burials
- Joseph Charles Headley1930-2025Ph.D. Purdue University 1960
- Thomas Gibson Walton1893-1984Father of the Walter brothers
- Virgil Adolph Sly1901-1978Indiana author 1901-1978
People whose Wikidata entry gives Memorial Park 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
38.96758, -92.35476
What Memorial Park 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
- Columbia CemeteryColumbia, MOCemetery1.6 mi
- Fairview CemeteryColumbia, MOCemetery2.6 mi
- Goodin CemeteryColumbia, MOCemetery3.2 mi
- Jewell CemeteryColumbia, MOCemetery3.4 mi
- New Providence CemetaryColumbia, MOCemetery3.7 mi
- Hinkson Creek CemeteryColumbia, MOCemetery4.4 mi
- Antioch CemeteryColumbia, MOCemetery4.5 mi
- Valley Springs CemeteryColumbia, MOCemetery4.9 mi
- Bethel-Hickam CemeteryColumbia, MOCemetery5.2 mi
- Oakland Church CemeteryColumbia, MOChurch cemetery5.4 mi
Funeral homes near Memorial Park Cemetery
- Memorial Funeral Home, Crematory and Memorial Park Cemetery0.1 miCremation provider · Columbia · (573) 443-3173
- Heartland Cremation & Burial Society0.5 miCremation provider · Columbia · (573) 442-7850
- Capital Mortuary Service0.5 miMortuary · Columbia · (816) 914-1756
- Bach-Yager Funeral Chapel0.9 miFuneral chapel · Columbia · (573) 441-2932
- Millard Family Funeral Service1.3 miFuneral home · Columbia
- Parker-Millard Funeral Service & Crematory1.3 miCremation provider · Columbia · (573) 449-4153
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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