Oakwood Cemetery Association

Oakwood Cemetery Association Oakwood Cemetery in Bucyrus, OH was established in 1858. It is a non-profit public cemetery, governed by the Oakwood Cemetery Association and Board of Trustees.

The Board is made up of lot owners and volunteers with ties to the Bucyrus community.

Good morning Facebook followers. On this holiday weekend, I wanted to thank you for your patience while our small staff...
09/07/2026

Good morning Facebook followers. On this holiday weekend, I wanted to thank you for your patience while our small staff tries to keep up with the mowing and w**d eating. Typically, this is the time of year when the grass is brown and crunchy and the w**ds are sparce. However, this year that is not the case. The crew is still mowing like its June!! And we are well aware of the w**d-eating that needs done. And no one is more upset about it than we are. Before roasting our staff on FB, I would ask that you please consider the following:

1. We have a crew of 4 people, one of them also covers the office. Plus one retired person who helps during mow season.
2. We have nearly 100 acres, 33 Sections, and 20,000 graves to mow around. It takes 1 full week to mow with 3 mowers going, all day, every day. That is without interruptions for funerals, digging, seeding graves, etc. It takes over 2 weeks to w**d eat with 3 people w**d-eating, all day, every day. That too is if there are no interruptions for business.
3. Our staff is entitled to vacation time. They try to wait until the end of summer, when there is less mowing needed. That didn't happen this year so when someone is off, we are even more short-handed.
4. The crew still has to prepare for funerals and do all of the regular business of running a cemetery. Mowing and w**d-eating is actually only one part of their jobs.
5. All summer, we have 3 teens working full time for us through JFS and Good Will Industries on w**d-eaters. They are now back to school, so we are now without that help.

In short, please please be patient!! We are well aware that there are still many sections that need w**d-eated. The crew started last week after the mowing as you can see in the newer sections. But, they have a long way to go. I'm sure you know how long it takes to mow and care for your own yards in Bucyrus. Imagine those hours times 200!!! Our staff is amazingly hard working and we are so lucky to have them. So we appreciate your support as we work to get a handle on, what seems like, this never-ending growing season. Thank you for your understanding.

09/05/2026

I've been asked to post our address and thank you!

Any help for our roof can be mailed to:

Oakwood Cemetery Association
835 Kaler Ave.
Bucyrus, Ohio 44820

YAY!!!! The Bucyrus Shrine Club members have issued a challenge to other groups in town to match their donation of $1,0...
09/04/2026

YAY!!!! The Bucyrus Shrine Club members have issued a challenge to other groups in town to match their donation of $1,000. to raise the money to replace the roof on our Office building with a metal one. As you can see in the photos, the areas circled in blue are all broken Shaker Shingles, which will begin to leak inside the building soon, threatening a history that goes back to 1858. We had applied and were hoping to get the funding through the Community Foundation Grant, but were not so lucky. So we are looking for alternative funding. In meeting with these guys for the donation photo this morning, they decided to issue a challenge to their counterparts in town. The cost of a new metal roof is approximately $12,500. As a nonprofit, like many who live paycheck to paycheck, we simply don't have excess funds available to us. We are so very grateful to the Bucyrus Shine Club members some of which are pictured below, for both their contribution and for starting this challenge. And though the challenge is to match their donation, we will gladly accept any and all donations. Pictured left to right are Rick Miller, Floyd Farmer, Deb Hoover (Oakwood Board president), Dr. Keith Blair, Tracy Achterman, and Rick McWaters of the Bucyrus Shrine Club.

We're sending out a huge thank you and shout-out to the Bucyrus Shriners Club for their generous donation of $1000.00 to...
09/04/2026

We're sending out a huge thank you and shout-out to the Bucyrus Shriners Club for their generous donation of $1000.00 to Oakwood Cemetery! We are so very grateful to community groups for their support in helping to care for the final resting place of so many community members. As a nonprofit organization, their support is critical! Thank you, thank you!!! It will go toward our desperately needed roof replacement.

Shout out and a huge thank you to Historian, Alison Kovac for an amazing afternoon yesterday at Oakwood Cemetery. It wa...
08/25/2026

Shout out and a huge thank you to Historian, Alison Kovac for an amazing afternoon yesterday at Oakwood Cemetery. It was the first of what we hope, are many gatherings to "Explore Oakwood History". The temperature was great and even the weather cooperated as we gathered our lawn chairs around the family monuments of one of our amazing Bucyrus families, the Hopleys. Alison brought John Pratt Hopley to life for us by reading from his immigration journal as he and his family crossed the Atlantic Ocean from England in 1843. It was fascinating to hear bits of an immigrant's story in his own words. We all got a glimpse into what had to be an exciting, yet frightening time in history to those who left everything they knew behind to come to America. The Hopleys did that, rising to some level of prominence both in Bucyrus and in their new country. We are so fortunate to have Alison on our Oakwood Cemetery Association Board and we hope to bring you more opportunities like this one. Thank you too to those who attended this first offering and to Bucyrus Historical Society's Roy Raby for his help in directing cars to the Hopley monument location.

A reminder from Bucyrus Historical SocietyNonprofit organizationExplore Oakwood Cemetery History as part of “America 25...
08/19/2026

A reminder from Bucyrus Historical Society
Nonprofit organization

Explore Oakwood Cemetery History as part of “America 250” this coming Sunday afternoon, August 23, at 3 p.m. at the Hopley family burial plot, Section K.
To benefit the Oakwood Cemetery Association, Alison Kovac, the Society’s former curator and recent recipient of a Bowling Green State University Center for Archival Collections’ Local History Publication Award in the Article Category, Independent Division, will read passages recently transcribed from John Prat Hopley's journal entries handwritten at age 22 during his transatlantic migration from England to America in 1843. Meet at the newly restored Hopley family grave markers (Section K – near the ravine and the land bridge) at Oakwood Cemetery and learn about Hopley's arrival in Bucyrus to superintend the first Bucyrus Union School in 1856. Also learn about Mr. Hopley's participation in Oakwood Cemetery's Dedication ceremony in June 1859. Oakwood Association President Debra Hoover will share more about the History of Oakwood Cemetery as well!
Bring your favorite folding chair and a donation for the care and maintenance of our beautiful Oakwood Cemetery! (Rain date: August 30). See less

Dear Followers: You'll be pleased to know that Oakwood is finally entering the 21 century when it come to payments. Pl...
08/16/2026

Dear Followers: You'll be pleased to know that Oakwood is finally entering the 21 century when it come to payments. Please help us spread the word that we were listening and we heard you. We are now able to take debit and credit cards in the office!!

Also, please help us spread the word on another not-so-pleasant issue. Dumping trash in the cemetery is simply not acceptable on any level. I drove through Oakwood today and found this trash can overflowing in one of the sections. It is not only overflowing with things that have nothing to do with our business, it isn't even one of our trash cans!! Our crew has found TV's, microwaves, even a washing machine for Heaven's sake! But the worst find of all was when someone had lost power in a storm and decided to empty an entire freezer full of food into one of our trash cans!! You can imagine the smell that took the guys a couple days to locate. Please, please, please show some respect for the 20,000 community members at rest at Oakwood and DO NOT dispose of trash anywhere on our beautiful grounds. This is just not OK. As always, thank you for your help. Oakwood Cemetery Association Board

As part of celebrating America 250, we hope you will join us for our first session of Explore Oakwood History. Our comm...
07/31/2026

As part of celebrating America 250, we hope you will join us for our first session of Explore Oakwood History. Our community has a rich and varied history of residents including everyone from statesmen, legislators, and soldiers, to hard working folks who farmed, ran businesses, and built a thriving Bucyrus. This first one will focus on John Pratt Hopley, his voyage here and the lasting impact he had on our community. We are fortunate to have historian, Alison (Phillips) Kovac on our Board of the Oakwood Cemetery Association. She is a treasure chest of information with an interest in all things Bucyrus history related. We hope to see you there.

Sending out a huge shout out and thank you to The Freemasons of Bucyrus Lodge 139 for their generous donation to our mis...
07/17/2026

Sending out a huge shout out and thank you to The Freemasons of Bucyrus Lodge 139 for their generous donation to our mission and ongoing work at Oakwood. Their support is critical to our success and is appreciated more than we can say as we continue to care for those at rest at Oakwood Cemetery.

We're giving a huge thanks and shout out to the Earth, Wind, and Flowers Garden Club for their generous donation toward ...
07/04/2026

We're giving a huge thanks and shout out to the Earth, Wind, and Flowers Garden Club for their generous donation toward the assessment of our trees at Oakwood Cemetery. As most of you know, we have hundreds of them. Some are quite old and in desperate need of maintenance. This tree in section D, commonly known as a Cigar, Bean, or Caterpillar Tree is among my favorites, reminding me of the Live Oaks of the American South. So we welcome and appreciate their support. I would also like to thank this club for their continued care of the final resting place of our Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, Harry L Martin. They do an outstanding job of decorating and maintaining his grave, as visitors and walkers often comment. Thank you to all of these wonderful Garden Club members!!

Address

835 Kaler Avenue
Bucyrus, OH
44820

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm

Telephone

(419) 562-1336

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