Ohio
Western Reserve
National Cemetery
P.O.
Box 8
Rittman, OH 44270
Phone: (330) 335-3069
FAX: (330) 335-5087 |
Office Hours:
Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Closed federal holidays except Memorial Day.
Visitation Hours:
Open daily during daylight hours. |
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Burial Space: This
cemetery has space available to accommodate casketed and cremated
remains.
Acreage: 273.1
Number of
Interments Thru Fiscal Year 2005: 6,565
General Information Kiosk on Site? Yes
Floral/Ground Regulations: This
Cemetery's Regulations |
Directions
from nearest airport:
When
using any Computer Map Program (ex: Map Quest) use Zip Code 44273.
From the North: Cleveland
/ Cleveland Hopkins Airport: Take Interstate 71 South to Interstate
76 East (exit 209). Take Interstate 76 East to Exit 2 (Route 3/Seville).
Turn right onto Route 3. Go to the first traffic light, Greenwich
Road. Turn Left onto Greenwich Road. Travel three miles to Rawiga
Road. Turn Right onto Rawiga Road. Cemetery is 1¼ mile down
on the left.
From the West: Lodi --
Take Interstate 76 East to Exit 2 (Route 3/Seville). Turn right
onto Route 3. Go to the first traffic light, Greenwich Road. Turn
left onto Greenwich Road. Travel three miles to Rawiga Road. Turn
right onto Rawiga Road. Cemetery is 1¼ mile down on the left.
From the South: Columbus
– Take Interstate 71 North to Interstate 76 East (exit 209).
Take Interstate 76 East to Exit 2 (Route 3/Seville). Turn right
onto Route 3. Go to the first traffic light, Greenwich Road. Turn
left onto Greenwich Road. Travel three miles to Rawiga Road. Turn
right onto Rawiga Road. Cemetery is 1¼ mile down on the left
From the Southeast: Canton
or from Akron/Canton Airport: Take Interstate 77 North to State
Route 224. Go West on Route 224; will merge with Interstate 76.
Then follow Akron Directions
From East: Akron
– Take Interstate 76/Route 224 West to Exit 7 (Route 57/Rittman).
Turn left onto Route 57. Go to the first traffic light, Seville
Road. Turn right onto Seville Road. Travel three miles to Rawiga
Road. Turn left onto Rawiga Road. Cemetery is ¼ mile down
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GENERAL INFORMATION
The Public Information Center
at the cemetery is staffed with volunteers Monday through Friday. If you
would like to volunteer please call the cemetery office.
Military
Funeral Honors
Various Veterans Service Organizations provide military funeral honors.
The funeral home or family should contact the cemetery office for scheduling
information.
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HISTORICAL
INFORMATION
Ohio Western Reserve National
Cemetery is the second national cemetery built in Ohio and the 119th in
the national cemetery system.
Currently, there are more than
one million veterans living in the State of Ohio and approximately 540,000
residing in the cemetery’s service area. The first phase of construction,
covering 65 acres of the 274-acre cemetery, included 15,900 gravesites,
2,000 columbaria niches and 1,000 in-ground garden niches for cremated
remains. At full capacity, Ohio Western Reserve can provide burial space
for 106,000 eligible veterans and dependents, well into the next century.
Ohio Western Reserve National
Cemetery lies approximately 45 miles south of Cleveland in Medina County
near the town of Rittman. The cemetery’s name refers to the part
of the Northwest Territory formerly known as the Connecticut Western Reserve,
a tract of land in Northeast Ohio reserved by the State of Connecticut
when it ceded its claims for western lands to the U.S. government in 1786.
Monuments
and Memorials
Ohio Western Reserve
National Cemetery features a pathway that is lined with memorials that
honor America’s veterans, which have been donated by various organizations.
As of 2005, there were 85 memorials, most commemorating events and troops
of 20th century wars.
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NOTABLE
BURIALS
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FLORAL/GROUNDS
REGULATIONS
Cemetery policies are conspicuously
posted and readily visible to the public.
Up to three floral arrangements
accompanying the casket or urn at the time of burial will be placed on
the completed grave. Natural cut flowers may be placed on graves at any
time of the year. They will be removed when they become unsightly or when
it becomes necessary to facilitate cemetery operations such as mowing.
Artificial flowers will be
permitted on graves from October 1 through April 15. Artificial flowers
and potted plants will be allowed on graves for a period extending 10
days before through 10 days after Easter Sunday, Memorial Day.
Christmas wreaths, grave blankets
and other seasonal adornments may be placed on graves from December 1
through January 20. They may not be secured to headstones or markers.
Permanent plantings, statues,
vigil lights, breakable objects and similar items are not permitted on
the graves. The Department of Veterans Affairs does not permit adornments
that are considered offensive, inconsistent with the dignity of the cemetery
or considered hazardous to cemetery personnel. For example, items incorporating
beads or wires may become entangled in mowers or other equipment and cause
injury.
Decorative items removed from
graves remain the property of the donor but are under the custodianship
of the cemetery. If not retrieved by donor, they are then governed by
the rules for disposal of federal property.
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