Cedar Memorial
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Cedar Memorial is a cemetery located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
. In addition to the cemetery, there is also a flower shop, funeral home
, crematorium, family center, and a library
containing materials on bereavement and genealogy
are also on the grounds. This unique memorial park located on 1st Avenue between Cedar Rapids and Marion includes a wooded cemetery with many artistic features, a natural limestone funeral home, a modern cremation center, a family center and library, a full-service flower shop, and a chapel and mausoleum patterned after old world churches of England.
The cemetery is widely recognized as one of the finest park cemeteries in the country. The park is 72 acres (291,373.9 m²) in size, and offers traditional burial, lawn crypts, and mausoleum entombment. There are also several columbariums in the cemetery with niches for burial of cremated
remains.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Cedar Rapids is the second largest city in Iowa and is the county seat of Linn County. The city lies on both banks of the Cedar River, north of Iowa City and east of Des Moines, the state's capital and largest city...
. In addition to the cemetery, there is also a flower shop, funeral home
Funeral home
A funeral home, funeral parlor or mortuary, is a business that provides burial and funeral services for the deceased and their families. These services may include aprepared wake and funeral, and the provision of a chapel for the funeral....
, crematorium, family center, and a library
Library
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
containing materials on bereavement and genealogy
Genealogy
Genealogy is the study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history. Genealogists use oral traditions, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kinship and pedigrees of its members...
are also on the grounds. This unique memorial park located on 1st Avenue between Cedar Rapids and Marion includes a wooded cemetery with many artistic features, a natural limestone funeral home, a modern cremation center, a family center and library, a full-service flower shop, and a chapel and mausoleum patterned after old world churches of England.
The cemetery is widely recognized as one of the finest park cemeteries in the country. The park is 72 acres (291,373.9 m²) in size, and offers traditional burial, lawn crypts, and mausoleum entombment. There are also several columbariums in the cemetery with niches for burial of cremated
Cremation
Cremation is the process of reducing bodies to basic chemical compounds such as gasses and bone fragments. This is accomplished through high-temperature burning, vaporization and oxidation....
remains.