About Glendale Cemetery
Glendale Cemetery is a cemetery in Akron, Summit County, Ohio. The grounds sit at about 955 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 27 notable people buried here, including Willard Van Orman Quine, Harry C. Oberholser and Charles W. F. Dick. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1040906. The nearest other listed cemetery is St. Bernard's Catholic Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the west. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Area Cremation Group in Akron, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 78 cemeteries we list in Summit County, and 65 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 78 listings in Summit County have a phone number or website on record.
Notable people buried at Glendale Cemetery
Among them: 5 business leaders, 5 US representatives, 2 inventors and engineers, 2 scientists, 2 World War II veterans, 1 baseball player, 1 journalist, 1 musician.
- Willard Van Orman Quine1908-2000American philosopher and logician
- Harry C. Oberholser1870-1963American ornithologist
- Charles W. F. Dick1858-1945American politician
- Julia Perry1924-1979American composer
- Lewis Miller1829-1899American inventor, educator and philanthropist
- George W. Crouse1832-1912American politician
- Emily Huntington Miller1833-1913American writer
- John F. Seiberling1918-2008American politician
- Frank Seiberling1859-1955American inventor and businessman
- William H. Upson1823-1910American politician
- Ellsworth Raymond Bathrick1863-1917American politician
- Jacob A. Kohler1835-1916American politician
Show all 27 notable burials
- Ferdinand Schumacher1822-1908American entrepreneur
- Harold Albert Kullberg1896-1924American flying ace
- O. C. Barber1841-1920American industrialist
- Willa Beatrice Player1909-2003Educator, government official, consultant
- Alvin C. Voris1827-1904American politician and military officer
- John R. Buchtel1820-1892American businessman and philanthropist
- Abe Atkins1893-1961American baseball player
- Charles S. Howe1858-1939American educator
- George Edmond Pierce1794-1871
- American suffragist
- Maurice F. Raymond Saunders1887-1948
- A. I. Findley1859-1940American reporter, editor, editor-in-chief
- Grace Ingersol Tod1811-1867
- John Edwin Miller1834-1882American publisher and president of farm machinery business
- Volunteer weather observer for meteorological project (1848-1873) of the Smithsonian Institution
People whose Wikidata entry gives Glendale 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
41.08477, -81.52817
What Glendale 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
- St. Bernard's Catholic CemeteryAkron, OHCatholic cemetery0.2 mi
- Saint Vincents CemeteryAkron, OHCatholic cemetery0.7 mi
- Mount Peace CemeteryAkron, OHCemetery0.9 mi
- Spicer Cemetery (historical)Akron, OHCemetery1.1 mi
- Akron Hebrew CemeteryAkron, OHJewish cemetery2.2 mi
- Mount Hope Cemetery1368 Sweitzer Avenue, Akron, OHCemetery2.5 mi
- Bettes Corners CemeteryAkron, OHCemetery2.6 mi
- Middlesbury CemeteryAkron, OHCemetery2.7 mi
- East Akron CemeteryAkron, OHCemetery2.7 mi
- Chestnut Hill Memorial CemeteryCuyahoga Falls, OHCemetery3.3 mi
Funeral homes near Glendale Cemetery
- Area Cremation Group0.8 miCremation provider · Akron · (330) 777-3327
- Heritage Cremation & Burial Society0.9 miCremation provider · Akron · (330) 654-6611
- Hennessy Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Akron · (330) 376-3032
- Hummel Funeral Home & Crematories1.5 miCremation provider · Akron · (330) 253-6126
- Stewart & Calhoun Funeral Home1.6 miFuneral home · Akron · (330) 535-1543
- Dunn-Quigley Funeral Home1.7 miFuneral home · Akron · (330) 253-8121
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Frequently asked questions
Where is Glendale Cemetery located?
Glendale Cemetery is at 150 Glendale Avenue, Akron, OH 44302 in Summit County. GPS coordinates: 41.08477, -81.52817.
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