Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, New York

Forest Lawn Cemetery is a cemetery near Buffalo, Erie County, New York. It lies about 3.0 mi south of Buffalo. Wikidata records 259 notable people buried here, including Millard Fillmore, Shirley Chisholm and Willis Carrier. The nearest other listed cemetery is Blue-Sky Mausoleum, about 0.3 mi to the south. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Buffalo Cremation Co Ltd in Buffalo, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 143 cemeteries we list in Erie County, and 60 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 143 listings in Erie County have a phone number or website on record.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Buffalo. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 31 US representatives, 27 business leaders, 16 writers, 11 Civil War veterans, 11 journalists, 8 actors, 8 artists, 7 architects.

• Millard Fillmore1800-1874
  President of the United States from 1850 to 1853
• Shirley Chisholm1924-2005
  First black woman elected to the United States Congress
• Willis Carrier1876-1950
  American inventor
• Abigail Fillmore1798-1853
  First Lady of the United States from 1850 to 1853
• Rick James1948-2004
  American singer, songwriter and record producer
• Frederick Cook1865-1940
  American explorer
• Charles Daniels1885-1973
  American swimmer
• Anna Katharine Green1846-1935
  American novelist
• Charles Reidpath1889-1975
  American athlete
• Paul Kurtz1925-2012
  American professor of philosophy
• Kristen Pfaff1967-1994
  American musician and singer
• Mary J. Rathbun1860-1943
  American carcinologist

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.

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.

• Blue-Sky Mausoleum

  Buffalo, NY
  Cemetery

  0.3 mi
• Beth Jacob Cemetery

  Sloan, NY
  Jewish cemetery

  2.5 mi
• Concordia Cemetery

  438 Walden Avenue, Buffalo, NY
  Christian cemetery

  2.6 mi
• St. Francis Xavier Cemetery

  Kenmore, NY
  Cemetery

  3.1 mi
• North Bush Cemetery

  Kenmore, NY
  Cemetery

  3.1 mi
• Saint Stanislaus Cemetery

  Amherst, NY
  Cemetery

  3.3 mi
• Mount Hope Cemetery

  Cheektowaga, NY
  Christian cemetery

  3.4 mi
• Saint Johns Cemetery (Lutheran)

  Cheektowaga, NY
  Lutheran cemetery

  3.4 mi
• Holy Rest Cemetery

  Cheektowaga, NY
  Lutheran cemetery

  3.4 mi
• Faling Cemetery

  Kenmore, NY
  Cemetery

  3.4 mi

• Buffalo Cremation Co Ltd

  Cremation provider · Buffalo · (716) 885-3079
  0.5 mi
• Exodus Gardens Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Buffalo · (716) 886-0513
  0.6 mi
• Amigone Funeral Home and Cremation Services

  Funeral home · Buffalo · (716) 836-6500
  1.0 mi
• TL Pickens Mortuary Services INc.

  Mortuary · Buffalo · (716) 893-0084
  1.1 mi
• Vandercher & Dick Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Buffalo · (716) 832-0150
  1.2 mi
• Roberts John E Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Buffalo · (716) 874-3377
  1.4 mi

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