We welcome visitors to enjoy and explore the 150 acres of The Historic Marion Cemetery.
Whether you visit to attend a service, place flowers to honor your loved one, participate in an educational tour, or simply just stroll through our beautiful grounds, you will certainly discover what makes Marion Cemetery a museum without walls.
The Law Enforcement Memorial is a lasting tribute to the members of law enforcement who gave their lives in the line of duty. The memorial is comprised of black and grey granite. The etching of James Fitsko, officer from Marion…
In early October of 2006, a committee of Marion Fire Department Firefighters (Cory Rogers, Billy Whitaker and Asst. Chief Tony Zwolle) decided a Fireman’s memorial should be erected. The cemetery board was contacted, and land just north of the main…
In 1886 the Merchant family of Marion constructed what they thought would be a beautiful and fitting grave monument for their family burial plot in Marion Cemetery. Within two years after its construction, someone noticed that the 5,200 pound polished…
In the 1940s the Marion community constructed an Honor Roll of Marion County WW II service men and women at the west end of the courthouse. Over the years, the wooden structure slowly deteriorated from weather conditions, and it was…
As early as 1873, a resolution was passed by the Marion Cemetery Association to build a receiving vault as soon as the money was made available to build the vault. In 1879, Trustees A.H. Kling, P.O. Sharples and George Crawford,…
Soon after the close of the Civil War, a number of citizens of Marion formed a Soldiers and Sailors Monumental Association. The association’s object was to raise funds for the construction of a suitable monument to perpetuate the memory of…