Oakwood Cemetery in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
Also known as Oakwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery
About Oakwood Cemetery
Oakwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Beaver Dam, Dodge County, Wisconsin. It lies about 1.2 mi west of Beaver Dam. The grounds sit at about 912 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including A. Scott Sloan, Silas W. Lamoreaux and Benjamin Sherman. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1570720. The nearest other listed cemetery is Beaver Dam Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the northwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Koepsell-Murray Funeral & Cremation Services in Beaver Dam, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 100 cemeteries we list in Dodge County, and 37 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Beaver Dam. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oakwood Cemetery
Among them: 1 business leader, 1 US representative.
- A. Scott Sloan1820-1895American politician
- Silas W. Lamoreaux1843-1909American lawyer and politician
- Benjamin Sherman1836-1915Politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Oakwood 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
43.45626, -88.81286
What Oakwood 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
- Beaver Dam CemeteryBeaver Dam, WICemetery1.0 mi
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- Saint Marys CemeteryBeaver Dam, WICemetery2.5 mi
- First Evangelical Lutheran Church CemeteryBeaver Dam, WILutheran cemetery2.5 mi
- Saint Michaels CemeteryBeaver Dam, WICemetery2.5 mi
- Hyland Prairie CemeteryJuneau, WICemetery3.2 mi
- Clason Prairie CemeteryBeaver Dam, WICemetery3.4 mi
- Calamus CemeteryBeaver Dam, WICemetery4.2 mi
- Leipsig CemeteryBeaver Dam, WICemetery4.6 mi
Funeral homes near Oakwood Cemetery
- Koepsell-Murray Funeral & Cremation Services0.3 miCremation provider · Beaver Dam · (920) 885-6600
- Cornerstone Funeral & Cremation Services0.4 miCremation provider · Beaver Dam · (920) 885-9999
- Berndt-Ledesma Funeral Homes6.4 miFuneral home · Juneau · (920) 386-2361
- Koepsell-murray Funeral & Cremation Services8.4 miCremation provider · Horicon · (920) 485-2217
- Kratz-Smedema Funeral Home |8.8 miFuneral home · Fox Lake · (920) 928-3121
- Koepsell-Murray Funeral & Cremation Services11 miCremation provider · Reeseville · (920) 927-5502
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