About Lakeview Cemetery
Lakeview Cemetery is a cemetery near Penn Yan, Yates County, New York. The grounds sit at about 768 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 9 notable people buried here, including William M. Oliver, Joshua Lee and Edward Johnston. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2392554. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Michaels Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Weldon Funeral Home Inc in Penn Yan, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 43 cemeteries we list in Yates County, and 32 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Penn Yan. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Lakeview Cemetery
Among them: 3 US representatives, 2 Medal of Honor recipients, 1 Civil War veteran.
- William M. Oliver1792-1863American politician
- Joshua Lee1783-1842American politician
- Edward Johnston1844-1920American soldier in the 5th U.S. Cavalry, recipient of the Medal of Honor
- John Morrison Oliver1828-1872American general
- Elijah Spencer1775-1852American politician
- Darius A. Ogden1813-1889American politician
- Ralph Wilson Hoyt1849-1920United States military major general
- Morris Brown, Jr.1842-1864Medal of Honor recipient
- Walter Bradley Sheppard1865-1949American conservationist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Lakeview 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
42.66062, -77.06585
What Lakeview 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 Michaels CemeteryPenn Yan, NYCemetery0.3 mi
- Merrifield CemeteryPenn Yan, NYCemetery2.6 mi
- Baldwin CemeteryPenn Yan, NYCemetery2.8 mi
- Briggs CemeteryPenn Yan, NYCemetery3.0 mi
- Keuka Park CemeteryKeuka Park, NYCemetery3.3 mi
- Second Milo CemeteryKeuka Park, NYCemetery3.5 mi
- Yatesville CemeteryPenn Yan, NYCemetery3.8 mi
- Benton Rural CemeteryPenn Yan, NYCemetery3.9 mi
- Cole CemeteryPenn Yan, NYCemetery4.4 mi
- Mount Pleasant CemeteryPenn Yan, NYCemetery4.7 mi
Funeral homes near Lakeview Cemetery
- Weldon Funeral Home Inc0.7 miFuneral home · Penn Yan · (315) 536-3355
- Townsend-Wood & Zinger Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Penn Yan · (315) 536-3391
- Nielsen Granite Co1.0 miMonument dealer · Penn Yan · (315) 536-8181
- Perkins-Ames Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Stanley · (585) 526-6500
- Baird Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Dundee · (607) 243-7369
- Covert Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Ovid · (607) 869-3411
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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