About Oak Grove Cemetery
Oak Grove Cemetery is a cemetery near Hanley Hills, St. Louis County, Missouri. It lies about 0.7 mi south of Hanley Hills. The grounds sit at about 587 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 24 notable people buried here, including Xenophon P. Wilfley, Richard Eastham and Sidney Souers. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 756461. The nearest other listed cemetery is Lake Charles Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the northeast. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Valhalla Funeral Chapel, Crematory and Cemetery in St. Louis, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 104 cemeteries we list in St. Louis County, and 57 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in St. Louis County dates to 1866. 12 of the 104 listings in St. Louis County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Hanley Hills. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oak Grove Cemetery
Among them: 4 US representatives, 3 actors, 2 journalists, 2 musicians, 2 World War II veterans, 1 football player, 1 baseball player, 1 boxer.
- Xenophon P. Wilfley1871-1931American politician
- Richard Eastham1916-2005American actor
- Sidney Souers1892-1973United States admiral
- Henry S. Caulfield1873-1966American lawyer and politician
- Leonidas C. Dyer1871-1957American politician
- Reginald Sheffield1901-1957British actor
- Bud Wilkinson1916-1994American football player and coach; sports announcer
- Eddie Hopson1971-2022American boxer
- Evelyn Hoey1910-1935American singer, actress
- James Robert Claiborne1882-1944American politician
- Rowland Louis Johnston1872-1939American politician
- Cleophus Robinson1932-1998American gospel singer and preacher
Show all 24 notable burials
- Henry Kiel1871-194232nd Mayor of St. Louis
- Bob Larmore1896-1964Professional baseball player
- Harry Sturgeon Crossen1869-1951American gynecologist
- Earl H. Painter1888-1969American college football player and coach, lawyer
- Frederick William Shipley1871-1945American classical philologist
- Helen Henleydied 1976Writer of non-fiction
- Ida Buxton Cole1857-1941American temperance worker
- Joseph Pulitzer1885-1955American editor and publisher
- Nathan Benjamin Young, Jr.1894-1993
- Paul Curt von Gontard1896-1951American film producer
- Robertus Love1867-1930American journalist and poet
- William H. Olmsted1887-1978American physician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Oak Grove 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
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What Oak Grove 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
- Lake Charles CemeteryBel-Nor, MOCemetery0.2 mi
- Valhalla CemeteryHanley Hills, MOCemetery0.5 mi
- Zion CemeteryPagedale, MOCemetery0.9 mi
- CCVI Sisters CemeteryBel-Nor, MOCemetery0.9 mi
- Laurel Hill CemeteryPagedale, MOCemetery1.1 mi
- Daughters of Charity GraveyardBel-Nor, MOCemetery1.1 mi
- United Hebrew CemeteryVinita Park, MOJewish cemetery1.4 mi
- Mount Olive CemeteryVinita Park, MOCemetery1.4 mi
- Saint Peters CemeteryVelda Village, MOCemetery1.7 mi
- Chinese CemeteryHanley Hills, MOCemetery1.7 mi
Funeral homes near Oak Grove Cemetery
- Valhalla Funeral Chapel, Crematory and Cemetery0.5 miCremation provider · St. Louis · (314) 721-4900
- Austin Layne Normandy Chapel1.4 miFuneral home · Normandy · (314) 381-6900
- Shepard Funeral Chapel1.9 miFuneral chapel · St. Louis · (314) 426-6000
- Ortmann Funeral Home1.9 miFuneral home · Overland · (314) 427-2222
- Lupton Chapel2.6 miFuneral home · University City
- Lupton-Millard Chapel2.6 miFuneral home · University City · (314) 721-1870
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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