About Oakdale Cemetery
Oakdale Cemetery is a methodist cemetery near Nanticoke, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 7.1 mi southeast of Nanticoke. The grounds sit at about 1,119 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1182837. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Casimir's Cemetery, about 2.0 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Piatt Clarke Funeral Home Inc in Hunlock Creek, about 1.6 mi away. It is one of 280 cemeteries we list in Luzerne County, and 95 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Nanticoke. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.25479, -76.12409
What Oakdale 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
- Saint Casimir's CemeteryGlen Lyon, PACemetery2.0 mi
- Sweet Valley CemeteryBack Mountain, PACemetery2.2 mi
- Pleasant Hill Christian Church CemeteryBack Mountain, PAChurch cemetery2.3 mi
- Benscoter CemeteryGlen Lyon, PACemetery2.7 mi
- Good Shepherd CemeteryNanticoke, PACemetery2.8 mi
- Marvin CemeteryGlen Lyon, PACemetery3.0 mi
- Sorbertown CemeteryGlen Lyon, PACemetery3.2 mi
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel CemeteryBack Mountain, PACemetery3.2 mi
- Evarts CemeteryNanticoke, PACemetery3.4 mi
- Lamoreaux CemeteryNanticoke, PACemetery3.4 mi
Funeral homes near Oakdale Cemetery
- Piatt Clarke Funeral Home Inc1.6 miFuneral home · Hunlock Creek · (570) 256-3141
- Piatt Funeral and Cremation2.3 miCremation provider · Hunlock Creek · (570) 256-3141
- Clark Piatt Funeral Home2.3 miFuneral home · Glen Lyon
- Charles L. Cease Funeral Home2.6 miFuneral home · Shickshinny · (570) 256-7201
- Curtis L Swanson Funeral Home3.8 miFuneral home · Lake Twp · (570) 477-2500
- George A. Strish Inc. Funeral Home6.1 miFuneral home · Glen Lyon · (570) 736-6218
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Frequently asked questions
Is Oakdale Cemetery a Methodist cemetery?
Our records list a Methodist affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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