Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Forest Home Cemetery is a cemetery in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. It was established in 1847. It carries a heritage listing (NRHP 80000166). The grounds sit at about 669 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 168 notable people buried here, including Lynn Fontanne, Christopher Latham Sholes and Alfred Lunt. The nearest other listed cemetery is Forest Home Cemetery Soldiers' Lot, about 0.1 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Max A. Sass & Sons Funeral Home and Cremation in Milwaukee, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 64 cemeteries we list in Milwaukee County, and 62 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. It is the oldest recorded cemetery in Milwaukee County. 4 of the 64 listings in Milwaukee County have a phone number or website on record.

Among them: 27 business leaders, 11 journalists, 11 US representatives, 11 writers, 9 Civil War veterans, 7 governors, 5 inventors and engineers, 5 physicians.

• Lynn Fontanne1887-1983
  British actress
• Christopher Latham Sholes1819-1890
  American politician
• Alfred Lunt1892-1977
  Actor
• Billy Mitchell1879-1936
  United States Army general during World War I
• Heinz Kohut1913-1981
  Austrian-American psychoanalyst and psychiatrist
• Dickey Chapelle1919-1965
  American photographer
• Victor L. Berger1860-1929
  American democratic socialist politician
• George Wilbur Peck1840-1916
  American politician in Wisconsin and newspaper founder
• John S. Harris1825-1906
  American politician, Louisiana
• Mathilde Franziska Anneke1817-1884
  German feminist
• Arthur Davidson1881-1950
  American motorcycle businessman
• Emanuel L. Philipp1861-1925
  American railroad executive and politician from Wisconsin

People whose Wikidata entry gives Forest Home 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.

• Forest Home Cemetery Soldiers' Lot

  West Milwaukee, WI
  Cemetery

  0.1 mi
• Greenwood Cemetery

  West Milwaukee, WI
  Cemetery

  0.3 mi
• Pilgrims Rest Cemetery

  West Milwaukee, WI
  Cemetery

  0.6 mi
• Holy Trinity Cemetery

  Saint Francis, WI
  Cemetery

  1.6 mi
• Mount Olivet Cemetery

  Greenfield, WI
  Cemetery

  1.6 mi
• Saint Adalberts Cemetery

  Saint Francis, WI
  Cemetery

  1.9 mi
• Arlington Park Cemetery

  Greenfield, WI
  Cemetery

  1.9 mi
• Second Home Cemetery

  3655 South 43rd Street, Milwaukee, WI
  Cemetery

  1.9 mi
• Good Hope Cemetery

  Greenfield, WI
  Cemetery

  2.5 mi
• Woodlawn Cemetery

  Saint Francis, WI
  Cemetery

  2.6 mi

• Max A. Sass & Sons Funeral Home and Cremation

  Funeral home · Milwaukee · (414) 645-4992
  0.9 mi
• Bruskiewitz Funeral Homes

  Funeral home · Milwaukee · (414) 645-1013
  1.0 mi
• Joseph E Sass Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Milwaukee · (414) 744-3636
  1.1 mi
• Rozga Funeral & Cremation Services

  Cremation provider · Milwaukee · (414) 281-7145
  1.2 mi
• Rozga Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Milwaukee · (414) 671-5200
  1.2 mi
• Milwaukee Memorials South

  Monument dealer · Milwaukee · (414) 645-0249
  1.6 mi

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