Linwood Cemetery (Dubuque)
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Dubuque, Iowa
Dubuque is a city in and the county seat of Dubuque County, Iowa, United States, located along the Mississippi River. In 2010 its population was 57,637, making it the ninth-largest city in the state and the county's population was 93,653....
. It is located on Windsor Avenue in the north end of Dubuque.
The cemetery is one of the main cemeteries in Dubuque. Originally established for the Protestants of the city, the cemetery now serves members of all faiths. If current burial procedures are followed in the future, the cemetery is estimated to have enough room for the next 1,200 years.
The cemetery is noted for the large gates at the entrance to the cemetery. The gates were given in memory of a local businessman and banker. It is also noted for the well cared for grounds, part of which sit on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River
Mississippi River
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.
A number of famous people have been interred at Linwood Cemetery. These include Iowa
Iowa
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Governor Stephen P. Hempstead
Stephen P. Hempstead
Stephen P. Hempstead was the second Governor of Iowa. A Democrat, he served from 1850 to 1854.-Biography:...
, for whom Hempstead High School
Hempstead High School (Dubuque, Iowa)
Stephen Hempstead High School is a four-year public high school located in Dubuque, Iowa. It is one of three high schools in the Dubuque Community School District, and enrolls 1,824 students in grades 9-12. Hempstead is named in honor of Stephen P. Hempstead, the second governor of Iowa...
is named, a U.S. Senator William Boyd Allison, and former Speaker of the US House
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
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David Bremner Henderson. Other notable local people buried at the cemetery include local tailor Rocco Buda, and former city councilman Donald Deich. Oran H. Pape
Oran H. Pape
Oran Henry Pape was a member of the Iowa State Patrol in the United States. To date, he is the only member of the Patrol to have been murdered in the line of duty....
- the only member of the Iowa State Patrol to have been murdered in the line of duty, as well as the first State Trooper to die in the line of duty - is also buried at Linwood. Major Stuart Anderson - a member of the U.S. Army Reserve who died in the January 7, 2006 UH-60 Black Hawk near Tal Afar
Tal Afar
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, Iraq
Iraq
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was also recently buried at Linwood. Len Kruse, a forty year veteran of the US Postal Service turned Local Historian is also interred here. Len's writings appeared in numerous local publications, including the Telegraph Herald
Telegraph Herald
The Telegraph Herald, locally referred to as the TH, is a daily newspaper published in Dubuque, Iowa for the population of Dubuque and surrounding areas in Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin...
and Julien's Journal.
The cemetery is owned and operated by the Linwood Cemetery Association. They have operated the cemetery since 1875. Prior to that, the cemetery was owned by the city. However the city had not done a good job maintaining the cemetery, which resulted in the cemetery being in poor condition. This led to a number of citizens voting to turn over control to the Association.
Recently, the cemetery has built a mausoleum
Mausoleum
A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or persons. A monument without the interment is a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be considered a type of tomb or the tomb may be considered to be within the...
that also includes a number of columbarium
Columbarium
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niches. The cemetery plans to build several more similar mausoleums.