Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park in Salt Lake City, Utah
Also known as Wasatch Memorial Cemetery
About Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park
Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park is a memorial park in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. The grounds sit at about 4,475 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 48 notable people buried here, including Jon Meade Huntsman Sr., Richard G. Scott and George Dewey Clyde. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1447005. The nearest other listed cemetery is Elysian Burial Gardens, about 2.0 mi to the southwest. The nearest mortuary we know of is Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park and Mortuary in Millcreek, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 45 cemeteries we list in Salt Lake County, and 31 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Salt Lake County dates to 1877. 4 of the 45 listings in Salt Lake County have a phone number or website on record.
Notable people buried at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park
Among them: 3 inventors and engineers, 3 musicians, 3 scientists, 2 business leaders, 2 World War II veterans, 1 actor, 1 football player, 1 basketball player.
- Jon Meade Huntsman Sr.1937-2018American businessman and philanthropist
- Richard G. Scott1928-2015American Mormon leader
- George Dewey Clyde1898-1972American politician
- David C. Evans1924-1998American computer scientist
- Jacob Johnson1847-1925United States Congressman from Utah
- Don Bagley1927-2012American jazz bassist
- Caylee Anthony2005-2008Daughter of Casey Anthony
- Grant Johannesen1921-2005American music academic
- Alvin R. Dyer1903-1977Apostle and member of the First Presidency of the LDS Church.
- Angus M. Woodbury1886-1964American zoologist and ecologist
- Harold G. Christensen1926-2012American lawyer
- Ab Jenkins1883-1956At the time of his death established more world land speed records than any man alive.
Show all 48 notable burials
- Bernard P. Brockbank1909-2000Mormon leader
- Helen Taylor1915-1950American composer, pianist and music educator
- Richard Eliot Chamberlin1923-1994American mathematician
- Sark Arslanian1924-2016American football coach
- Amy B. Lyman1872-1959Leader in the LDS Church and American politician
- Creed Haymond1893-1983American sprinter
- Herb Jepko1931-1995American talk show host
- Robert L. Rice1929-2007American businessman
- Samuel Parkinson Cowley1899-1934FBI agent
- Stephen L Richards1879-1959American Mormon leader
- Terry Nofsinger1938-2007American football player
- Van Hixson1920-1989American National Guard general
- Wallace F. Toronto1907-1968American missionary
- Eleanor Dawn1898-1972American actress
- Frank B. Woodbury1867-1962Presiding Patriarch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- J. Walter Woodbury1923-2017American physiologist
- James A. Cullimore1906-1986American Mormon leader
- May Green Hinckley1881-1943Third general president of the Primary of the LDS Church and stepmother of Gordon B. Hinckley, fifteenth president of the LDS Church.
- Ruth H. Funk1917-2011American Mormon leader
- Annie Maria Romney1858-1930
- Billie Rich1917-2014
- Carma Lee Smithson1920-1961Ethnographer of Havasupai people
- Carol Hauert1929-1972
- Deborah Melba Dunn1950-2023Miss Utah 1970
- Donna Vee Paul1911-2009
- Edith Rae Woodbury1919-1971
- Ethel Handley1905-1996
- Grace Atkin Woodbury1889-1964American writer and poet
- Ira Owen Horsfall1885-1971Ph.D. Cornell University 1932
- J. Irvin Swigart1904-1987Ph.D. Indiana University 1938
- James Christensen1898-1948American lawyer
- Paul Loveday1943-2008American basketball player
- Richard W. Stillman1922-1945American aircraft pilot
- Solveig Lunde1920-2011Pianist and music educator
- Swack E. Swackhammer1942-1994American politician
- William Raymond Scott1919-1992Ph.D. The Ohio State University 1947
People whose Wikidata entry gives Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park 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.
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40.69772, -111.84242
What Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park 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
- Elysian Burial GardensMillcreek, UTCemetery2.0 mi
- Holladay Memorial Park CemeteryHolladay, UTMemorial park2.5 mi
- Larkin Sunset Lawn CemeteryCanyon Rim, UTCemetery3.2 mi
- Murray City Cemetery5490 South Vine Street, Murray, UTMunicipal cemetery3.5 mi
- Murray CemeteryMurray, UTCemetery3.6 mi
- Mount Olivet CemeterySalt Lake City, UTCemetery4.0 mi
- Fort Douglas Post Cemetery405 South Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, UTMilitary cemetery4.4 mi
- Khadeeja Cemetery2512 South Winton Street, West Valley City, UTCemetery4.5 mi
- Taylorsville Memorial Park Cemetery4567 South Redwood Road, Taylorsville, UTMemorial park5.3 mi
- Montefiore CemeterySalt Lake City, UTCemetery5.3 mi
Funeral homes near Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park
- Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park and Mortuary0.4 miMortuary · Millcreek · (801) 466-8687
- Holbrook Mortuary1.0 miMortuary · Millcreek · (801) 484-2045
- Starks Funeral Parlor1.3 miFuneral home · Salt Lake City · (801) 474-9119
- Memorial Holladay-cottonwood Mortuary2.0 miMortuary · Holladay · (801) 278-2801
- Independent Funeral Services2.6 miFuneral home · Salt Lake City · (801) 486-2688
- Walker Design Monuments2.8 miMonument dealer · Salt Lake City · (866) 875-9246
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Frequently asked questions
Where is Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park located?
Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park is at 3401 South Highland Drive, Salt Lake City, UT in Salt Lake County. GPS coordinates: 40.69772, -111.84242.
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