About Woodlawn Cemetery
Woodlawn Cemetery is a cemetery near Lyncourt, Onondaga County, New York. The grounds sit at about 482 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 12 notable people buried here, including Dolph Schayes, Paul Seymour and Clarence Eugene Hancock. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 971675. The nearest other listed cemetery is Assumption Cemetery and Mausoleum, about 0.8 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Gang Memorial Chapel in Syracuse, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 160 cemeteries we list in Onondaga County, and 65 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Onondaga County dates to 1864. 9 of the 160 listings in Onondaga County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Lyncourt. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Woodlawn Cemetery
Among them: 4 Civil War veterans, 4 Medal of Honor recipients, 2 basketball players, 1 journalist, 1 US representative, 1 writer.
- Dolph Schayes1928-2015American basketball player and coach
- Paul Seymour1928-1998American basketball player and coach
- Clarence Eugene Hancock1885-1948American politician
- Daniel Myron LeFever1835-1906American gun maker
- Theodore E. Hancock1847-1916American lawyer
- Peter Kappesser1839-1930United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Gustavus Sniper1836-1894German-born Union brevet brigadier general during the American Civil War
- Philip Goettel1840-1920Medal of honor recipient
- Henry Klein1841-1901United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Leon Michel1909-1971American theatre producer and director, president of Leon Michel, Inc., advertising and public relations agency
- Martin Wambsgan1839-1911Recipient of the Medal of Honor
- John C. Boland1876-1962American lawyer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Woodlawn 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 Woodlawn 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
- Assumption Cemetery and Mausoleum2401 Court Street, Lyncourt, NYCatholic cemetery0.8 mi
- Rose Hill CemeterySyracuse, NYCemetery1.4 mi
- First Ward CemeterySyracuse, NYCemetery1.5 mi
- Messina Springs CemeteryJames Street, DeWitt, NYCemetery1.8 mi
- Wyborn CemeterySyracuse, NYCemetery2.5 mi
- Oakwood Cemetery940 Comstock Avenue, Syracuse, NYCemetery3.1 mi
- Morningside Cemetery (historical)Syracuse, NYCemetery3.3 mi
- Taft CemeteryNorth Syracuse, NYCemetery3.5 mi
- Mount Sinai CemeterySyracuse, NYCemetery3.5 mi
- Collamer CemeteryEast Syracuse, NYCemetery3.7 mi
Funeral homes near Woodlawn Cemetery
- De Regis Monuments0.4 miMonument dealer · Syracuse · (315) 479-6111
- Gang Memorial Chapel0.4 miFuneral chapel · Syracuse · (315) 463-6161
- Carter Funeral Home Inc.0.6 miFuneral home · Syracuse · (315) 474-1427
- Welter-price Funeral Home, Inc.1.3 miFuneral home · Syracuse · (315) 437-2701
- Farone & Son, Inc. Funeral Home1.6 miFuneral home · Syracuse · (315) 422-1911
- Central New York Funeral Services1.6 miFuneral home · Syracuse · (315) 478-6657
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