About Oakwood Cemetery
Oakwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Bay Shore, Suffolk County, New York. It lies about 0.8 mi southwest of Bay Shore. The grounds sit at about 23 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 7 notable people buried here, including Ernest Greenwood, Herbert Yates and William Kingsland Macy. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 959189. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Patricks Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Overton Funeral Home in Islip, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 216 cemeteries we list in Suffolk County, and 47 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Suffolk County dates to 1826. 10 of the 216 listings in Suffolk County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Bay Shore. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oakwood Cemetery
Among them: 2 US representatives, 1 business leader, 1 scientist.
- Ernest Greenwood1884-1955American politician
- Herbert Yates1880-1966American film studio executive
- William Kingsland Macy1889-1961American politician
- Henry Cushier Raven1889-1944American zoologist
- Daniel Conover1822-1896American public servant, political activist, and industrialist
- Elias Hudson Bartley1849-1937American chemist
- Julia Anne Henrietta Dick1891-1977
People whose Wikidata entry gives Oakwood 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 Oakwood 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
- Saint Patricks CemeteryBay Shore, NYCemetery0.2 mi
- Calvary CemeteryBrentwood, NYCemetery2.2 mi
- Willard State Hospital CemeteryIslip Terrace, NYCemetery3.0 mi
- Brentwood CemeteryBrentwood, NYCemetery3.9 mi
- First Methodist Church CemeteryCentral Islip, NYMethodist cemetery4.4 mi
- Queen of All Saints CemeteryCentral Islip, NYCemetery4.8 mi
- Saint John of God CemeteryCentral Islip, NYChristian cemetery4.9 mi
- Babylon CemeteryBabylon, NYCemetery5.1 mi
- North Babylon CemeteryNorth Babylon, NYCemetery5.5 mi
- Pilgrim State Psychiatric CemeteryDix Hills, NYCemetery5.6 mi
Funeral homes near Oakwood Cemetery
- Overton Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Islip · (631) 446-2186
- Albrecht, Bruno & O’Shea Funeral Home2.3 miFuneral home · East Islip · (631) 581-2828
- Sandles Funeral Home2.3 miFuneral home · Islip Terrace · (631) 581-9242
- Rose's Funeral Home2.5 miFuneral home · Bay Shore · (631) 951-4063
- Chapey and Sons Funeral and Cremation Care2.8 miCremation provider · East Islip · (631) 581-5600
- Michael J Grant Funeral Home3.3 miFuneral home · Brentwood · (631) 273-4443
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