Rose City Cemetery in Portland, Oregon

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.

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 Geer1851-1924
  American politician
• A. W. Norblad1881-1960
  American politician
• Samuel C. Lancaster1864-1941
  American landscape architect
• Don Johnson1926-2015
  American baseball pitcher
• Carrie Ellis Breck1855-1934
  American writer
• John Alphonsus Murphy1881-1935
  United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
• Alaric B. Chapin1848-1924
  United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
• Alice P. Cornwall1855-1929
  Canadian-American; woman of Oregon
• Andrew M. Crawford1852-1925
• Marjorie Ruth Stearns1898-1978
  Oregon ethnologist
• Will T. Kirk1884-1947
  Commissioner of the Oregon Industrial Accident Commission
• Arthur B. Cross1872-1935
  American photographer and postcard publisher

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.

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.

• Columbia Pioneer Cemetery

  Portland, OR
  Cemetery

  2.4 mi
• Columbia Masonic Cemetery

  Portland, OR
  Cemetery

  2.4 mi
• Brainerd Cemetery

  Portland, OR
  Cemetery

  2.4 mi
• Brainard Cemetery

  Portland, OR
  Cemetery

  2.4 mi
• Lone Fir Cemetery

  2115 Southeast Morrison Street, Portland, OR
  Cemetery

  2.7 mi
• Powell Grove Cemetery

  Gresham, OR
  Cemetery

  3.5 mi
• Historic Columbian Cemetery

  1151 North Columbia Boulevard, Portland, OR
  Cemetery

  4.2 mi
• Multnomah Park Cemetery

  Portland, OR
  Cemetery

  4.4 mi
• Park Hill Cemetery

  Vancouver, WA
  Cemetery

  5.3 mi
• Old City Cemetery

  Vancouver, WA
  Municipal cemetery

  5.7 mi

• Portland Funeral Services

  Funeral home · Portland · (503) 288-5908
  0.8 mi
• Ross Hollywood Chapel

  Funeral home · Portland · (503) 281-1800
  0.8 mi
• First Call Mortuary

  Cremation provider · Portland · (503) 213-4446
  1.4 mi
• Tulip Cremation

  Cremation provider · Portland · (844) 942-4909
  1.4 mi
• Zeller Chapel Of The Roses Funeral Home

  Funeral chapel · Portland · (503) 287-1155
  2.0 mi
• Crown Cremation Services

  Cremation provider · Portland · (503) 208-8338
  2.5 mi

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