About Forest Lawn Cemetery
Forest Lawn Cemetery is a cemetery near Ruidoso, Lincoln County, New Mexico. It lies about 1.7 mi south of Ruidoso. The grounds sit at about 7,011 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Thomas Notley Gore. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 906327. The nearest other listed cemetery is Gavilan Memorial Gardens Cemetery, about 1.6 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is New Dawn Cremations in Ruidoso, about 2.9 mi away. It is one of 33 cemeteries we list in Lincoln County, and 4 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Lincoln County dates to 1880.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Ruidoso. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery
- Thomas Notley Gore1910-1965
People whose Wikidata entry gives Forest Lawn 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
33.35674, -105.66942
What Forest Lawn 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
- Gavilan Memorial Gardens CemeteryRuidoso, NMMemorial park1.6 mi
- Stetson CemeteryUS 70, Ruidoso Downs, NMCemetery6.5 mi
- Billy The Kid CemetaryRuidoso Downs, NMCemetery9.0 mi
- San Ysidro CemeterySan Ysidro Lane, Ruidoso Downs, NMCemetery9.4 mi
- Whitetail CemeteryRuidoso Downs, NMCemetery11 mi
- Fort Stanton CemeteryCapitan, NMCemetery12 mi
- New Fort Stanton CemeteryNM 220, Fort Stanton, NMCemetery13 mi
- George Coe CemeteryGlencoe, NMCemetery13 mi
- Capitan CemeteryEast Last Road, Capitan, NMCemetery14 mi
- Glencoe CemeteryOld Highway Road, Glencoe, NMCemetery14 mi
Funeral homes near Forest Lawn Cemetery
- New Dawn Cremations2.9 miFuneral home · Ruidoso · (575) 630-0161
- LaGrone Funeral Chapel of Ruidoso3.0 miFuneral chapel · Ruidoso · (575) 257-7303
- Professional Crematory Services3.3 miCremation provider · Ruidoso · (575) 630-0161
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