Oakland Cemetery in Yonkers, New York

Oakland Cemetery is a cemetery in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York. The grounds sit at about 151 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 21 notable people buried here, including Elisha Otis, Joe Lapchick and Thomas Ewing Jr.. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 959169. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Johns Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Duchynski-Cherko Funeral Home in Yonkers, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 116 cemeteries we list in Westchester County, and 70 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 7 of the 116 listings in Westchester County have a phone number or website on record.

Among them: 3 inventors and engineers, 3 US representatives, 3 writers, 2 Civil War veterans, 1 actor, 1 artist, 1 basketball player, 1 business leader.

• Elisha Otis1811-1861
  Founder of Otis Elevator Co.
• Joe Lapchick1900-1970
  American basketball player and coach
• Thomas Ewing Jr.1829-1896
  American jurist and Union Army general
• Charles Leale1842-1932
  American surgeon
• Lucia Chase1897-1986
  American dancer, actress and ballet director
• Benjamin F. Isherwood1822-1915
  United States Navy admiral
• John Edward Bruce1856-1924
  American journalist
• Norton Prentiss Otis1840-1905
  American politician
• Alexander Smith Cochran1874-1929
  American manufacturer, sportsman, and philanthropist
• William W. Woodworth1807-1873
  American politician
• Alexander Smith1818-1878
  American businessman
• George M. Reevs1864-1930
  American painter

People whose Wikidata entry gives Oakland 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.

• Saint Johns Cemetery

  Yonkers, NY
  Cemetery

  0.1 mi
• Saint Marys Cemetery

  Yonkers, NY
  Cemetery

  1.7 mi
• Sherwood Park Cemetery

  Mount Vernon, NY
  Cemetery

  2.1 mi
• Saint Joseph Cemetery

  Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
  Cemetery

  2.5 mi
• Bronxville Cemetery

  Bronxville, NY
  Cemetery

  2.6 mi
• Van Cortlandt Family Vault

  Yonkers, NY
  Cemetery

  3.1 mi
• Village Lutheran Church Johnson Columbarium

  Bronxville, NY
  Lutheran cemetery

  3.1 mi
• Enslaved African and Kingsbridge Burial Grounds

  Yonkers, NY
  Cemetery

  3.5 mi
• Woodlawn Cemetery

  The Bronx, NY
  Cemetery

  3.5 mi
• Mount Hope Cemetery

  Jackson Avenue & Saw Mill River Road, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
  Cemetery

  3.6 mi

• Duchynski-Cherko Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Yonkers · (914) 963-6121
  0.4 mi
• Yonkers Funeral Service, Inc.

  Funeral home · Yonkers · (914) 963-6133
  0.4 mi
• Beth Aaron Chapel

  Funeral home · Yonkers · (914) 966-0050
  0.6 mi
• Yonkers Funeral Home - Bryn Mawr Chapels, Inc.

  Funeral home · Yonkers · (914) 965-0033
  0.6 mi
• City Funeral Service

  Funeral home · Yonkers · (914) 963-4499
  0.6 mi
• Whalen & Ball Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Yonkers · (914) 965-5488
  0.7 mi

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