About Lakewood Cemetery
Lakewood Cemetery is a cemetery near Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York. It lies about 0.9 mi southwest of Cooperstown. The grounds sit at about 1,276 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 20 notable people buried here, including Samuel Nelson, Edward C. Clark and Calvin Thomas. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 954994. The nearest other listed cemetery is Gardner Cemetery (historical), about 2.6 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Tillapaugh Funeral Services in Cooperstown, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 143 cemeteries we list in Otsego County, and 46 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Cooperstown. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Lakewood Cemetery
Among them: 3 business leaders, 2 US representatives, 2 World War II veterans, 1 artist, 1 baseball player, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 governor, 1 musician.
- Samuel Nelson1792-1873American judge
- Edward C. Clark1811-1882American businessman
- Calvin Thomas1854-1919American Germanic scholar
- Dorothy Stokes Bostwick1899-2001American sculptor
- Emmett Littleton Ashford1914-1980American baseball player and umpire
- George Anson Starkweather1794-1878American politician
- John M. Bowers1772-1846American politician
- Stephen Carlton Clark1882-1960American art collector, businessman, newspaper publisher and philanthropist
- Charles Seaforth Stewart1823-1904United States Army Corps of Engineers colonel
- Edward Severin Clark1870-1933American businessman
- Roy Campbell Smith1858-1940US Naval officer, Governor of Guam
- Walter W. Stokes1880-1960American politician in New York
Show all 20 notable burials
- E. N. Catlin1836-1926American composer and band leader
- Alice Busch1904-1995American philanthropist
- Cyrus Clark1772-1822
- John Borie Ryerson1898-1986Titanic survivor
- Nathaniel C. Moak1833-1892American lawyer
- Newell Woolsey Wells1851-1929American pastor
- Stephen C. Clark Jr.1911-1992USA philanthropist
- Susan Vanderpoel Hun1889-1967American art collector
People whose Wikidata entry gives Lakewood 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 Lakewood 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
- Gardner Cemetery (historical)Cooperstown, NYCemetery2.6 mi
- Toddsville CemeteryCooperstown, NYCemetery3.1 mi
- Adams CemeteryCooperstown, NYCemetery3.3 mi
- Carr CemeteryCooperstown, NYCemetery3.3 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryCooperstown, NYCemetery3.4 mi
- Old Chapel Burial GroundCooperstown, NYChurch cemetery3.7 mi
- Fly Creek Valley CemeteryCooperstown, NYCemetery3.7 mi
- Fly Creek Presbyterian CemeteryCooperstown, NYPresbyterian cemetery3.7 mi
- Middlefield CemeteryCooperstown, NYCemetery4.0 mi
- Fitch Hill CemeteryCooperstown, NYCemetery4.1 mi
Funeral homes near Lakewood Cemetery
- Tillapaugh Funeral Services0.8 miFuneral home · Cooperstown · (607) 547-2571
- Cherry Valley Memorials Inc10 miMonument dealer · Cherry Valley · (607) 264-8201
- Ottman Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Cherry Valley · (607) 264-8141
- J. Seaton McGrath Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Richfield Springs · (315) 858-1810
- Lappeus Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Sharon Springs · (518) 284-2253
- Delker and Terry Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · Edmeston · (607) 965-8242
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