Oak Grove Cemetery ~ Grand Rapids, Michigan

Oak Grove Cemetery is located at 2530 Kalamazoo Ave, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA.  The entrance is off Kalamazoo (notice the fire department building) and shares the drive to the MacKay-Jaycees Park. Follow the drive to the back.
The cemetery is small with single dirt roads and many trees. This is an active cemetery with some newer graves.

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You can find more information about this cemetery, including location of graves at https://www.grandrapidsmi.gov/Government/Departments/Cemeteries.

John Apsey
b. *December 29, 1833 according to family. Other documents show differently · Chardstock, England
** John’s death certificate states his birth year as 1832, as does the inscription on his gravestone.
d. February 15, 1911 · Paris, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Block 1, Lot 79, Space 2

Susan Corman Apsey
b. April 10, 1840 · Stoney Creek, Canada
d. February 24, 1918 · Caledonia, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Block 1, Lot 66, Space 6

Orion Apsey
b. November 28, 1865 · Michigan, USA
d. April 11, 1899 · Paris, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Block 1 Lot 79 space 3

Thomas Apsey
b. June 18, 1870 · Cascade, Kent County, Michigan, USA
d. January 12, 1881 · Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Block 1 Lot 79 space 6

Rachel Apsey
b. September 2, 1874 · Cascade, Kent County, Michigan, USA
d. April 17, 1890 · Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Block 1 Lot 79 space 4

Mary Apsey
b. May 1, 1880 · Paris, Kent County, Michigan, USA
d. January 9, 1881 · Paris, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Block 1 Lot 79 space 5

Margaret Apsey Schiedel
b. August 18, 1890 · Paris, Kent County, Michigan, USA
d. November 12, 1973 · Marne, Ottawa County, Michigan, USA
Block 1 Lot 91 space 5

Austin Mason Schiedel
b. September 2, 1881 · Algoma, Kent County, Michigan, USA
d. December 8, 1978 · Marne, Ottawa County, Michigan, USA
Block 1 Lot 91 space 6

Roger Ivan Schiedel
b. January 16, 1932
d. January 27, 1932 · Wright, Ottawa County, Michigan, USA
Block 1 Lot 79 space 1


Jennie M Apsey DeYoung
b. November 12, 1861 · Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
d. October 2, 1940 · East Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Block 04 Lot 24 space 2

Cornelius DeYoung
b. November 30, 1857 · Walker, Kent County, Michigan, USA
d. November 16, 1921 · Paris, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Block 04 Lot 24 space 2

Charles Irving DeYoung
August 22, 1897 · Cascade, Kent County, Michigan, USA
June 7, 1920 · Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Block 04 Lot 24 space 1

Marshall DeYoung
b. May 19, 1901 · Cascade, Kent County, Michigan, USA
d. May 11, 1977 · Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Block 04 Lot 17 space 6

Ann Wierenga DeYoung
b. 1902
d. 1989
Block 04 Lot 17 space 5

Lois Ann DeYoung
b. 1936
d. 1989
Block 04 Lot 17 space 4

James Engle DeYoung
b. February 10, 1885 · Cascade, Kent County, Michigan, USA
d. March 1973 · Windham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
Block 04 Lot 17 space 2

Gladys H. Macmillan DeYoung
b. July 9, 1895 · Kent County, Michigan, USA
d. July 11, 1934 · East Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Block 04 Lot 17 space 3


Isabelle Apsey Slater
b. April 21, 1868 · Cascade, Kent County, Michigan, USA
d. May 20, 1921 · Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Block 4 Lot 80 space 2

Alfred W Slater Sr
b. 1864 · Kent, Kent County, Michigan, USA
d. 1926 · Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Block 4 Lot 80 space 3

Alfred Slater Jr
b. August 14, 1886
d. November 7, 1900 · Paris Township, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Block 4, Lot 80, Grave 1
no stone found

Thomas Slater
b. September 13, 1889 · Paris, Kent County, Michigan, USA
d. June 30, 1966 · Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Block 3, lot 6, space 6

Jennie M Patterson Slater
b. August 16, 1888 · Paris, Kent County, Michigan, USA
d. May 4, 1981 · Kentwood, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Block 3, lot 6, space 5

Simon Rozema Slater
b. September 30, 1914 · Paris, Kent County, Michigan, USA
d. November 4, 1994 · Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Block 6, lot 2, space 4

Thela E Friend Slater
b. July 11, 1916 · Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
d. June 27, 1983 · Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Block 6, lot 2, space 3


John Elisha Apsey
b. November 28, 1863 according to family bible. Death certificate says November 10, 1863 · Canada
d. September 16, 1926 · East Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Block 1 Lot 66 space 1

Jennie Bush Apsey
b. December 2, 1868 · Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
d. April 24, 1930 · Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Block 1 Lot 55 space 7

Edwin Apsey
b. March 20, 1891
d. June 6, 1910
Block 1, Lot 66, Space 5

Cleveland Apsey
b. November 8, 1892 · Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
d. at 6 months
No stone found

Helen (Baby Apsey)
b. February 16, 1903
d. July 26, 1903
No stone found

Willis Loraine Cobb
b. October 23, 1891 · Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
d. July 20, 1919 · Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Block 1, Lot 66, Space 4
No stone found

Baby Girl Apsey
b. August 28, 1916
d. August 28, 1916
Block 1, lot 66, space 3
No stone found

William Apsey
b. June 2, 1889 · Paris Township, Kent County, Michigan, USA
d. August 31, 1958 · Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Block 1, Lot 55, Space 6

Baby Boy Apsey
b. 1931
d. May 25, 1931
Block 1, lot 55, space 2
No stone found

Helen Carol Vandebyl
b. Jun 18, 1936
d. September 3, 1936
Block 1 lot 55
No stone found

Harold Irving Apsey
b. July 23, 1915 Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
d. October 14, 1927 Gaines, Genesee County, Michigan, USA
Block 1, Lot 55, Space 1
No stone found

James Apsey
b. July 11, 1901
d. April 23, 1962
Block 1, Lot 55, Space 5

Baby Girl Apsey
b. May 1, 1916
d. May 1, 1916 (Stillborn)
block 1, lot 66 290
No stone found

Mary Margaret Minion
b. January 19, 1928
d. May 14, 1928
No stone found


Susan Apsey Hopp
b. April 29, 1885 · Paris Township, Kent County, Michigan, USA
d. January 14, 1942 · Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
block 1 lot 69 space 1

George Hopp
b. March 16, 1862/3 · Hamtramck, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
d. April 1, 1946 · Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
block 1 lot 69 space 2

Dorothea “Dooley” Hopp Gates
b. February 18, 1910
d. April 29, 1999 · Sparta, Kent County, Michigan, USA
block 1 lot 69 space 4

Gilbert T. Gates
b. 1904
d. 1963
block 1 lot 69 space 4


Charles W. Corman
b. June 20, 1858 · Lowell, Kent County, Michigan, USA
d. August 22, 1928 · Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio
Block 4, lot 75, space 3

Adelia Vienna Stimson
b. 1856
d. 1913
Block 4, lot 75, space 4

Theron P Corman
b. June 3, 1884 · Lowell, Kent County, Michigan, USA
d. 1885
Block 4, lot 75, space 5

Ross I Corman
b. June 22, 1886 · Lowell, Kent County, Michigan, USA
d. July 22, 1887 · Lowell Township, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Block 4, lot 75, space 6