About Citizens Cemetery
Citizens Cemetery is a cemetery near Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona. It lies about 0.8 mi north of Flagstaff. The grounds sit at about 6,903 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 12 notable people buried here, including Harold Masursky, Commodore Perry Owens and Gladys Reichard. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1802751. The nearest other listed cemetery is Calvary Catholic Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the southwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Norvel Owens Mortuary & Aspen Cremation in Flagstaff, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 24 cemeteries we list in Coconino County, and 2 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Flagstaff. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Citizens Cemetery
Among them: 2 scientists, 1 football player, 1 artist, 1 writer.
- Harold Masursky1922-1990American geologist and astronomer
- Commodore Perry Owens1852-1919American lawman
- Gladys Reichard1893-1955American anthropologist
- Alyssa Peterson1976-2003United States Army soldier
- Edward M. Doe1850-1919American lawyer and judge
- Earl Insley1911-1958American football player and coach
- Fred Sylvester Breen1869-1932American politician
- Valeen Tippetts Avery1936-2006American biographer and historian
- Clifford Beck1946-1995Navajo painter
- Wilmot Whitworth Midgley1872-1949American politician
- Allan Brasted Gray, Jr.1930-2007Ph.D. New Mexico State University 1960
- Everett Leon Walter1929-2019Ph.D. New Mexico State University 1961
People whose Wikidata entry gives Citizens Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
35.18714, -111.65095
What Citizens Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
Funeral homes near Citizens Cemetery
- Norvel Owens Mortuary & Aspen Cremation0.8 miCremation provider · Flagstaff · (928) 774-2211
- Lozano's Flagstaff Mortuary2.8 miMortuary · Flagstaff · (800) 774-1467
- Greer's Mortuary24 miMortuary · Sedona · (928) 282-3253
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