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Oakwood Cemetery
Grand Ledge, Eaton County, Michigan

GPS: 42.757010, -84.735126

301 Oakwood St.
Grand Ledge, MI 48837

Published: October 24, 2019
Total records = 10,330

Oakwood Cemetery is owned by the City of Grand Ledge.

Cemetery Background

The cemetery has some paved and some unpaved roads accessing thirteen platted sections. The cemetery also includes a cremains garden with a paved and landscaped seating area with an arbor and benches, surrounded by eleven developed sections with additional sections planned, and a centrally located mausoleum. The City decorates the cemetery with American flags from Memorial Day through Flag Day and again on Veterans Day. Throughout the year, the Oakwood Cemetery Friends hold walks, and gravestone cleaning and landscape planting events.

Oakwood Cemetery is also the resting place of Michigan’s 33rd and 35th Governor, Frank D. Fitzgerald. His family’s obelisk can be seen from almost any point in the cemetery. The cemetery also contains memorials for the Civil War, World Wars I and II, and a memorial bell for all those who have fallen protecting America. Visitors will also find a memorial honoring Grand Ledge residents who were lost in the Vietnam War. Oakwood cemetery is managed by the Board of Cemetery Trustees.

Cemetery Records

Records published below were acquired from the City of Grand Ledge on October 24, 2019. These records include burials and plot purchases up to 2015. These do not contain any dates of death or birth.

• Oakwood Cemetery Records, Burials & Plot Owners up to 2015, (8.38 MB)

Downloadable Files

• Oakwood Cemetery, Section Map, (1.35 MB)