Linwood Cemetery

About Linwood Cemetery

The Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home is conveniently located on the grounds of the beautiful Linwood Cemetery in Cedar Rapids. One of the area's oldest cemeteries, Linwood Cemetery provides families with both traditional ground burials as well as above-ground mausoleums.

Linwood Cemetery also allows both above-ground markers or memorials as well as flat markers. You are not limited at Linwood Cemetery... the choice is yours. Stop in and talk to one of our family service counselors today about all the options available at Linwood Cemetery. 



Linwood Cemetery dates back to the late 1800's and includes some interesting historical markings of Cedar Rapids and Linn County. The once popular, Cherry Sisters, a known bad vaudeville act, are buried at Linwood Cemetery. Also at Linwood Cemetery is a monument dedicated to all those who died in the explosion of Douglas Starch Works.

Linwood Cemetery Mausoleum.


We have three outdoor garden mausoleum buildings at the Linwood Cemetery. There are options for the entombment of casketed or cremated remains. 

Modern mausoleum with flower tributes beside a tree under a bright blue sky

Linwood Cemetery Mausoleum.


We have three outdoor garden mausoleum buildings at the Linwood Cemetery. There are options for the entombment of casketed or cremated remains. 

Modern mausoleum with flower tributes under a blue sky and trees
Stone entrance sign reading “The Overlooks” amid shrubs, pink flowers, and trees under a blue sky.

The Overlooks at Linwood Cemetery is the newest sectioned developed. This is an upright granite marker sections. It is near the pond of reflection and is used for casketed or cremated burials. 

Linwood Cemetery has many acres available for future development enabling us to offer services for families for many generations to come. 

Gravestones in a green cemetery, with a black Blome headstone and trees on a grassy hill.

Linwood Cemetery has many acres available for future development enabling us to offer services for families for many generations to come. 

Gravestones in a green cemetery, with a black Blome headstone and trees on a grassy hill.
Outdoor memorial with engraved stone plaques and benches in a landscaped garden.

Linwood Cemetery offers a complete line of both above ground granite markers and flat bronze markers. We have a display at Linwood Cemetery in Cedar Rapids and at the Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion to show you Memorialization Options. We can provide your marker for the Linwood Cemetery as well as most cemeteries in the area. We can personalize your marker to your specifications all at an affordable price. Call on us for all your memorialization needs.