About Graceland Cemetery
Graceland Cemetery is a cemetery near Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio. It lies about 1.1 mi north of Sidney. The grounds sit at about 945 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 6 notable people buried here, including Paul Lauterbur, J. Edward Russell and Dean Miller. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1041010. The nearest other listed cemetery is County Home Cemetery, about 2.6 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Salm-McGill & Tangeman Funeral Home in Sidney, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 66 cemeteries we list in Shelby County, and 52 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Sidney. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Graceland Cemetery
Among them: 2 scientists, 2 US representatives, 1 actor, 1 journalist, 1 Nobel laureate.
- Paul Lauterbur1929-2007American chemist
- J. Edward Russell1867-1953American politician
- Dean Miller1924-2004American actor
- George A. Marshall1851-1899American politician
- George Clyde Fisher1878-1949American curator at the American Museum of Natural History and later the head of the Hayden Planetarium
- Richard Pefferle1905-1969Set decorator
People whose Wikidata entry gives Graceland 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 Graceland 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
- County Home CemeterySidney, OHCemetery2.6 mi
- Cedar Point CemeterySidney, OHCemetery3.2 mi
- Dunkard CemeterySidney, OHCemetery3.5 mi
- Orange Chapel CemeterySidney, OHChurch cemetery3.5 mi
- Medaris CemeterySidney, OHCemetery3.7 mi
- Stewart CemeterySidney, OHCemetery3.7 mi
- Staley CemeterySidney, OHCemetery3.8 mi
- Old Reformed CemeterySidney, OHCemetery3.8 mi
- Carey CemeterySidney, OHCemetery4.6 mi
- Glen CemeterySidney, OHCemetery4.7 mi
Funeral homes near Graceland Cemetery
- Salm-McGill & Tangeman Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Sidney · (937) 492-5130
- Adams Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Sidney · (937) 492-4700
- Cromes-Edwards Funeral Home and Crematory1.0 miCremation provider · Sidney · (937) 492-5101
- Charity Chapel8.5 miFuneral home · Sidney
- Suber, Shively & Vernon Funeral Home8.9 miFuneral home · Fletcher · (937) 368-2212
- Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home9.5 miFuneral home · Piqua · (937) 773-3161
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