About Rose City Cemetery
Rose City Cemetery is a municipal cemetery near Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. It lies about 3.7 mi southwest of Portland. It is operated by Rose City Cemetery Association. The grounds sit at about 256 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 15 notable people buried here, including Theodore Thurston Geer, A. W. Norblad and Samuel C. Lancaster. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1126291. The nearest other listed cemetery is Columbia Pioneer Cemetery, about 2.4 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Portland Funeral Services in Portland, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 41 cemeteries we list in Multnomah County, and 54 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 6 of the 41 listings in Multnomah County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Portland. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Rose City Cemetery
Among them: 2 artists, 2 governors, 2 Medal of Honor recipients, 1 baseball player, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 journalist, 1 writer.
- Theodore Thurston Geer1851-1924American politician
- A. W. Norblad1881-1960American politician
- Samuel C. Lancaster1864-1941American landscape architect
- Don Johnson1926-2015American baseball pitcher
- Carrie Ellis Breck1855-1934American writer
- John Alphonsus Murphy1881-1935United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
- Alaric B. Chapin1848-1924United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Alice P. Cornwall1855-1929Canadian-American; woman of Oregon
- Andrew M. Crawford1852-1925
- Marjorie Ruth Stearns1898-1978Oregon ethnologist
- Will T. Kirk1884-1947Commissioner of the Oregon Industrial Accident Commission
- Arthur B. Cross1872-1935American photographer and postcard publisher
Show all 15 notable burials
- Edward L. Dimmitt1881-1963American photographer and postcard publisher
- Frank Hutchinson1872-1973Canadian-American architect and comic artist
- Horace J. Andrews1892-1951American forester
People whose Wikidata entry gives Rose City 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 Rose City 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
- Columbia Pioneer CemeteryPortland, ORCemetery2.4 mi
- Columbia Masonic CemeteryPortland, ORCemetery2.4 mi
- Brainerd CemeteryPortland, ORCemetery2.4 mi
- Brainard CemeteryPortland, ORCemetery2.4 mi
- Lone Fir Cemetery2115 Southeast Morrison Street, Portland, ORCemetery2.7 mi
- Powell Grove CemeteryGresham, ORCemetery3.5 mi
- Historic Columbian Cemetery1151 North Columbia Boulevard, Portland, ORCemetery4.2 mi
- Multnomah Park CemeteryPortland, ORCemetery4.4 mi
- Park Hill CemeteryVancouver, WACemetery5.3 mi
- Old City CemeteryVancouver, WAMunicipal cemetery5.7 mi
Funeral homes near Rose City Cemetery
- Portland Funeral Services0.8 miFuneral home · Portland · (503) 288-5908
- Ross Hollywood Chapel0.8 miFuneral home · Portland · (503) 281-1800
- First Call Mortuary1.4 miCremation provider · Portland · (503) 213-4446
- Tulip Cremation1.4 miCremation provider · Portland · (844) 942-4909
- Zeller Chapel Of The Roses Funeral Home2.0 miFuneral chapel · Portland · (503) 287-1155
- Crown Cremation Services2.5 miCremation provider · Portland · (503) 208-8338
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