About Oak Hill Cemetery
Oak Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Oakland, St. Louis County, Missouri. It lies about 0.7 mi northeast of Oakland. The grounds sit at about 640 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 15 notable people buried here, including Edward Adelbert Doisy, B. Gratz Brown and Marguerite Martyn. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 756466. The nearest other listed cemetery is Father Dickson Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the southeast. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Cremation Society Of St Louis in Saint Louis, about 0.0 mi away. It is one of 104 cemeteries we list in St. Louis County, and 77 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, Oakland. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oak Hill Cemetery
Among them: 3 artists, 3 baseball players, 1 football player, 1 governor, 1 journalist, 1 Nobel laureate, 1 physician, 1 scientist.
- Edward Adelbert Doisy1893-1986American biochemist
- B. Gratz Brown1826-1885American politician, Missouri
- Marguerite Martyn1880-1948American journalist and artist
- William Van Ness Bay1818-1894American politician
- Bob Blake1885-1962American gridiron football player
- Leigh C. Turner1879-1971American football player and coach
- Charlie Hollocher1896-1940American baseball player
- Jennie Ellis Keysor1860-1945American adult educator, non-fiction writer
- Tom Poholsky1929-2001American baseball player
- Anna Sneed Cairns1841-1930American university president
- Charles Alden Gray1857-1933American artist
- Margaretta Gratz Brown1869-1932American artist
Show all 15 notable burials
- James Hamilton Huckleberry1871-1931American lawyer
- Lillian Mason Brown1859-1924American artist
- Robert Bruce Brown1876-1957
People whose Wikidata entry gives Oak Hill 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 Hill 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
- Father Dickson CemeteryCrestwood, MOCemetery0.6 mi
- Saint Peter Cemetery520 West Monroe Avenue, Kirkwood, MOCatholic cemetery1.2 mi
- Smith Sturdy CemeteryCrestwood, MOCemetery1.3 mi
- Sappington Grave YardCrestwood, MOCemetery1.5 mi
- Eddy CemeterySappington, MOCemetery1.8 mi
- Quinette Cemetery12120 Old Big Bend Road, Kirkwood, MOCemetery2.1 mi
- Rock Hill CemeterySappington, MOCemetery2.3 mi
- Saint Lucas CemeterySappington, MOCemetery2.3 mi
- Saint Paul CemeteryMarlborough, MOCemetery2.6 mi
- St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetary921 North Ballas Road, Des Peres, MOLutheran cemetery3.3 mi
Funeral homes near Oak Hill Cemetery
- Cremation Society Of St Louis0.0 miCremation provider · Saint Louis · (314) 205-0022
- Bopp Chapel Funeral Directors2.1 miFuneral home · Kirkwood · (314) 965-7680
- Gerber Chapel2.6 miFuneral home · St. Louis · (314) 968-2000
- Missouri Fire Service Funeral Assistance Team3.2 miFuneral home · St. Louis · (888) 491-1435
- Kutis Funeral Homes3.3 miFuneral home · St. Louis · (314) 842-4458
- Kriegshauser Brothers Funeral Service4.0 miFuneral home · St. Louis · (314) 962-0601
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