Grand View Burial Park is a

cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park or memorial garden, is a place where the remains of many death, dead people are burial, buried or otherwise entombed. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek ...

Hannibal, Missouri Hannibal is a city along the Mississippi River in Marion County, Missouri, Marion and Ralls County, Missouri, Ralls counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. According to the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 17,108, ...

, developed in 1934 as a memorial cemetery.Grand View Funeral Home & Burial Park
accessed September 19, 2009 The first burial was on May 11, 1934. Two more burials were performed in May and 19 more during the rest of 1934. During an average year, approximately 225 burials are performed. In 1981 Grand View Funeral Home was opened adjacent to the memorial park. In 2021 the total number of interments in the memorial park exceeded 13,000.

Notable burials

* Arthur J. Forrest (1895–1964), World War I

Medal of Honor The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest Awards and decorations of the United States Armed Forces, military decoration and is awarded to recognize American United States Army, soldiers, United States Navy, sailors, Un ...

recipient * Edward V. Long (1908–1972), US Senator

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* * * {{Coord, 39.6681724, -91.4144727, format=dms, display=title, type:landmark_region:US-MO Cemeteries in Missouri Hannibal, Missouri micropolitan area Buildings and structures in Hannibal, Missouri 1934 establishments in Missouri Cemeteries established in the 1930s