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burials, the city of Detroit also contracted for approximately five acres for the burial of the city's poor. Section C is the cemetery's oldest section and where the large Elks' Rest monument can be found. Once Section C was filled, Woodmere ended its contract with the city to bury the city's poor.
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The first burials occurred prior to the cemetery's official opening. The first burial was for Anna Maria Schwartz, who was buried in Section C in November 1868. She was soon joined by approximately 2,000 removals from Detroit's City Cemetery that were reburied at Woodmere. In addition to these
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killed on March 7, 1932, are buried in the Ferndale section at the cemetery's north end abutting Vernor Highway. The victims are Joseph York, Joseph Bussell, Kalman Leny, and Joseph DeBascio. The
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also placed a headstone on an empty space in the same row as the others for Curtis Williams, a marcher who died several months later due to unrelated causes. Williams was
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in Section NF were vandalized in December 2012. The bronze doors were removed, leaving the mausoleums open to the elements. These doors were presumably sold for scrap.
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The Woodmere Cemetery Association was organized on July 8, 1867, by a group of prominent Detroit businessmen who purchased approximately 250 acres to establish a
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at Woodmere, but his ashes were not interred there. A marker is located along the fence outside of the cemetery near these graves.
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section is at the cemetery's southern end, next to Dearborn Street. The army purchased this section which contains
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in what was originally the township of Springwells. Woodmere Cemetery is operated by the Midwest Memorial Group.
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were moved to Woodmere as the cemetery there had fallen to decay and the records were in shambles. The
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purchased two sections at Woodmere, Section Beth El and part of the adjacent Section NF. Many of the
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on Vernor Highway. This mosque was established in 1937 and is Michigan's oldest.
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purchased a section at the northwest corner of the cemetery within view of its
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starting in its inaugural session in 1835, and as a member of the
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section to the east from the U.S. Army section to the west.
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for the city of Detroit. Woodmere's layout was designed by
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Springwells
Detroit
Coordinates
42°18′00″N 83°08′15″W / 42.30000°N 83.13750°W / 42.30000; -83.13750
Rural cemetery
Cemetery website
Find a Grave
Woodmere Cemetery
Adolph Strauch
Detroit
Michigan
Springwells Village
rural cemetery
Adolph Strauch
Spring Grove Cemetery
Cincinnati
Ohio
cemetery

U.S. Army
veterans
Civil War
World War II
Fort Wayne
flagpole
Grand Army of the Republic
Temple Beth El
mausoleums
American Moslem Society

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