A walk-through Woodlawn Cemetery is thick with American history, particularly when it comes to under-heralded war veterans. Take the magnificent Lilly Post, for instance, a 40-foot-tall monument dedicated in 1887 as the final resting place of 110 Civil and Spanish-American War soldiers and sailors in Section 32, Lot 66. While those stories are largely untold, […]
A new feature on the Woodlawn Cemetery website allows users to search a definitive collection of burial records and get basic information about relatives interred here. The search requires only a first and last name. With the click of a button or tap of the screen, users will find the birth and death dates as […]
Woodlawn Cemetery is keeping up with demand for more mausoleum spaces as more people are pre-planning their final arrangements. The Eternal Light Mausoleum will see the addition of 244 crypts as a result.
Woodlawn Cemetery is happy to announce that they will be hosting the Wreaths Across America Mobile Education Exhibit on Sunday August 8th, 2021, from 9 AM to 4 PM. Each year, millions of Americans come together to REMEMBER the fallen, HONOR those that serve and their families, and TEACH the next generation about the value […]
Under a lone maple tree on a small island surrounded by Sections 31, 32, 33 and 34 at Woodlawn Cemetery lies a single soldier named Gustave A. Kalbe (Nee Kolbe). While all alone now, he is a testament to some amazing United States history, patriotism and family tragedy. Gustave was born in Hamburg, Germany, in […]
(CNYCentral.com) In mid-April, two refrigerator trucks arrived near the crematorium at Woodlawn Cemetery in Syracuse. They are owned by the New York State Office of Emergency Management and are typically stored at the State Fairgrounds. Moving them to the Crematorium at Woodlawn was a move that speaks to a level of pandemic preparedness few have […]
If you’re pre-planning funeral and cemetery arrangements or grieving the recent loss of a loved one, the mausoleum option for remembrance is worth consideration for several reasons. Just what is a mausoleum? It’s an above-ground collection of spaces called crypts, where bodies are entombed. These free-standing structures are constructed from ultra-durable materials like marble and […]
Woodlawn Cemetery is honored to be a participating cemetery for the first time this year in WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA. Wreaths Across America is a national program that started in 1992 by Morrill Worcester, owner of Worcester Wreath Company in Maine. Mr. Worcester found himself with more wreaths than he needed and looked for a way […]
Death is a difficult and uncomfortable topic. So, how do you talk about pre-planning funeral and cemetery arrangements with someone? Here are some tips.
The time has come to choose the final resting place for a loved one or to handle some pre-planning for your own arrangements. It can be an overwhelming and emotional process, especially if you’re not sure where to begin. Think of cemetery decisions like those you would consider when buying a new home. Similar to […]