Woodland Memorial Park Heritage

Dillon & Smith Funeral Home at Woodland Memorial Park is located on one of the most beautiful and historical memorial parks in northeast Oklahoma.  Several well-known Oklahoma statesmen, business and community leaders have their final resting place on the grounds of Woodland Memorial Park in Sand Springs.  The park attracts thousands of visitors each year -- some to show their respect to a loved one and others to just enjoy the tranquil beauty of the park setting.

Woodland Memorial Park has been a historical cornerstone within the Sand Springs and surrounding community for over a century. What began as a humble graveyard in 1908 to serve a young fledgling community has grown into an expansive park devoted to peaceful tranquility, natural beauty and the cherished remembrance of family and friends.

Far more than a simple field, Woodland Memorial Park encompasses acre after acre of rolling hills, towering trees, clean lawns and pleasant pathways.  It is a fitting testament to our devotion to both our honored wards and the friends and family who visit the park by the thousands each year.

Charles Page Family Mausoleum

Charles Page (1860 - 1926), the founder of Sand Springs, Oklahoma, is interred in one of Woodland Memorial Park's most prominent mausoleums.  Page made his stake across the continent before finding his fortune in Tulsa as a real estate developer working with oil companies. 

Sand Springs was once known as the Industrial Capital of the Southwest because Charles Page was constantly enticing companies to move to Sand Springs to provide jobs for his "kids."  Some of these industrial giants included Sheffield Steel, Kerr Glass Company, Southwestern Porcelain and Commander Mills cotton mill. (Tulsa Historical Society, 1987) 

The magnificent mausoleum of the Charles Page family is located near the entrance to Woodland Memorial Park.  His tomb rests on a hill overlooking one of Green Country's most important veterans' fields, the final resting place for many of Sand Springs' finest heroes from World War I and beyond.

Among Page's important philanthropic ventures was the establishment of the Sand Springs Home for orphans and widows.  Many of the orphans and widows from the home are also laid to rest on this hill.

Billie Allen Hall Memorial

Dillon & Smith Funeral Home has been collaborating with the American Legion Post #17 to recognize Billy Hall, the son of Thalma Hall from the Sand Springs Home who became a Vietnam War hero.  Post #17 is seeking to obtain the Congressional Medal of Honor for Hall's service during the Vietnam War. 

According to the Arlington National Cemetery website, "Hall joined the U.S. Army and was eventually assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division and sent to Vietnam in 1965 as a medic in the Special Forces Green Berets.

During the battle of A Shau in 1966, while attending wounded soldiers, a mortar round exploded near Hall, tearing off his legs and cutting his stomach. According to witnesses, Hall tried to drag his torn body to other wounded soldiers in order to treat them but did not have the strength, so he had others drag the wounded to his position and told them how to treat the wounded.

The witnesses said only after the wounded had been treated did Hall allow himself to be carried to a nearby dispensary area. He refused any drugs for the pain and had only tourniquets applied to his legs so he could continue to treat the wounded.

Hall survived for five hours in the center of the battle before he slipped into a coma and died of his injuries. His selfless sacrifice to save his fellow soldiers became a source of inspiration for the garrison to push back the enemy.  He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery."

Dillon & Smith Funeral Home and Woodland Memorial Park unveiled the new memorial monument in honor of Billie Allen Hall on Memorial Day 2010 during a special dedication and unveiling ceremony.  Friends and family of the Vietnam War hero attended the special ceremony and monument unveiling.  The Billie Hall Memorial monument is a gift from Dillon & Smith Funeral Home to honor Billie, his widow and family, the American Legion, the Sand Springs Home and the citizens of the Sand Springs community.

The monument is located in a prominent spot near the entrance of Woodland Memorial Park for easy access for all park visitors.

Visitation Schedule

Please visit Woodland Memorial Park to see for yourself what a fine facility we keep and to determine if reserving a plot at Woodland is right for you.  Individual space is still available with a beautiful new expansion plan currently in development to provide additional space and larger commitments such as family plots and mausoleums.

Office hours are Monday - Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm, Saturday 9:00am to 3:00pm. The gates are open from sunrise to sunset we keep the grounds open every holiday for your convenience.