About Riverside Cemetery
Riverside Cemetery is a cemetery near Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin. It lies about 1.8 mi southeast of Oshkosh. The grounds sit at about 761 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 33 notable people buried here, including Philetus Sawyer, Lucas M. Miller and Mary Hay. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1572359. The nearest other listed cemetery is Calvary Catholic Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the north. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Fox Cities Funeral & Cremation Services in Oshkosh, about 1.4 mi away. It is one of 64 cemeteries we list in Winnebago County, and 33 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Oshkosh. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Riverside Cemetery
Among them: 7 US representatives, 5 business leaders, 2 actors, 2 writers, 1 artist, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 journalist, 1 US senator.
- Philetus Sawyer1816-1900American politician
- Lucas M. Miller1824-1902American politician
- Mary Hay1901-1957American dancer, actress, playwright and Ziegfeld girl
- Alice Washburn1861-1929American actress
- Helen Farnsworth Mears1872-1916American sculptor
- Richard W. Guenther1845-1913American politician-Congressman
- Florian Lampert1863-1930American politician
- Gabriel Bouck1828-1904American politician
- James H. Davidson1858-1918American politician
- Thomas Allen1825-1905American politician in Wisconsin
- George R. Andrews1808-1873American politician
- Charles Ruggles Boardman1860-1950American general and journalist
Show all 33 notable burials
- Albert L. Osborn1858-1940American politician
- Charles W. Davis1827-1912American politician, Wisconsin
- Earl Finch1830-1888American politician
- Edward Eastman1806-1870American politician, merchant, bookseller
- Ephraim Williams1860-1921American circus owner, horse trainer and performer
- Frank Merrill Caldwell1866-1937US Army Brigadier General
- Ganem W. Washburn1823-1907American lawyer, politician and judge
- George Fitch1848-1896American politician
- Reuben W. Peterson1899-1979American politician
- William M. Bray1880-1964American politician
- George H. Buckstaff1837-1913Canadian-American politician
- Henry C. Jewell1811-1889American politician
- William F. Faber1858-1951American politician
- William Wall1836-1884Wisconsin politician
- Caroline Lucy Upham1874-1941
- Edgar Philetus Sawyer1842-1927Millionaire
- Emma Sawyer1856-1896
- Herman Henry Schroeder1870-1928German immigrant to the U.S.
- Mary Eleanor Jewell1842-1910
- Mary Elizabeth Mears1830-1907American poet
- Philetus Horace Sawyer1873-1941
People whose Wikidata entry gives Riverside 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
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What Riverside 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
- Calvary Catholic CemeteryOshkosh, WICatholic cemetery0.2 mi
- Calvary CemeteryOshkosh, WICemetery0.2 mi
- Lake View Mausoleum & Memorial ParkOshkosh, WIMemorial park0.5 mi
- Winnebago Mental Health Institute CemeteryOshkosh, WIChurch cemetery3.1 mi
- Sunnyview CemeteryOshkosh, WICemetery3.4 mi
- Ellenwood CemeteryOshkosh, WICemetery3.5 mi
- Ellinwood CemeteryOshkosh, WICemetery3.5 mi
- Plummer CemeteryOshkosh, WICemetery3.6 mi
- Brooks CemeteryOshkosh, WICemetery3.8 mi
- Sacred Heart CemeteryOshkosh, WICemetery3.9 mi
Funeral homes near Riverside Cemetery
- Fox Cities Funeral & Cremation Services1.4 miCremation provider · Oshkosh · (920) 966-9000
- Konrad-Behlman Funeral Home2.2 miFuneral home · Oshkosh · (920) 231-1510
- Konrad-Behlman Funeral Homes2.5 miFuneral home · Oshkosh · (920) 231-1510
- Affordable Funeral & Cremation Services2.6 miCremation provider · Oshkosh · (920) 966-9000
- Fiss and Bills-Poklasny Funeral Home2.7 miFuneral home · Oshkosh · (920) 235-1170
- Fiss & Bills Poklansny Funeral Homes2.7 miFuneral home · Oshkosh
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.