About Greenwood Cemetery
Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin. It lies about 6.0 mi north of Superior. The grounds sit at about 669 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 7 notable people buried here, including Oliver E. Williamson, Irvine Lenroot and David Francis Barry. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1565876. The nearest other listed cemetery is Greenwood Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Lenroot-maetzold Funeral Home in Superior, about 5.9 mi away. It is one of 24 cemeteries we list in Douglas County, and 9 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Superior. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Greenwood Cemetery
Among them: 2 artists, 1 Nobel laureate, 1 US representative, 1 US senator.
- Oliver E. Williamson1932-2020American economist
- Irvine Lenroot1869-1949American politician
- David Francis Barry1854-1934American photographer
- Jarvis White1833-1904American businessman and politician
- Katharine F. Lenroot1891-1982Chief of the U.S. Children's Bureau
- James B. French1857-1932American politician
- Lura E. Runkel1871-1943Educator and co-author of textbooks
People whose Wikidata entry gives Greenwood 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
46.63465, -92.10741
What Greenwood 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
- Greenwood CemeterySuperior, WICemetery0.3 mi
- Hebrew CemeterySuperior, WIJewish cemetery1.7 mi
- Graceland CemeterySuperior, WICemetery1.8 mi
- Riverside CemeterySuperior, WICemetery1.9 mi
- Calvary CemeterySuperior, WICatholic cemetery2.2 mi
- Woodlawn CemeterySuperior, WICemetery3.2 mi
- Saint Francis CemeterySuperior, WICatholic cemetery4.9 mi
- Nemadji CemeterySuperior, WICemetery5.0 mi
- Oneota CemeteryProctor, MNCemetery8.6 mi
- Augustana CemeteryProctor, MNCemetery11 mi
Funeral homes near Greenwood Cemetery
- Lenroot-maetzold Funeral Home5.9 miFuneral home · Superior · (715) 394-5112
- Downs-LeSage Funeral Home6.1 miFuneral home · Superior · (715) 392-2139
- Cremation Service Of Superior6.4 miCremation provider · Superior · (715) 718-0261
- Bell Brothers Funeral Home7.9 miFuneral home · Duluth · (218) 624-5745
- Cremation Society of Minnesota8.3 miCremation provider · Duluth · (218) 208-0223
- First Memorial-funeral Chapel8.3 miFuneral chapel · Duluth · (218) 624-5050
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