About West Thompson Cemetery
West Thompson Cemetery is a cemetery near Thompson, Windham County, Connecticut. It lies about 1.4 mi northeast of Thompson. The grounds sit at about 322 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 7 notable people buried here, including Anastasy Vonsyatsky, Norman Dike and Ellen Douglas Larned. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 212001. The nearest other listed cemetery is Whittemore Cemetery, about 1.4 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Valade Funeral Home & Cremation Service in North Grosvenor Dale, about 2.2 mi away. It is one of 149 cemeteries we list in Windham County, and 132 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Thompson. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at West Thompson Cemetery
Among them: 1 World War II veteran, 1 writer.
- Anastasy Vonsyatsky1898-1965Russian anti-Bolshevik émigré to USA
- Norman Dike1918-1989United States Army officer
- Ellen Douglas Larned1825-1912American historian
- Josiah Dwight1671-1748American minister in Massachusetts
- William Henry Chandler1815-1888American politician
- Marion Buckingham Ream1877-1963
- Noadiah Russell1731-1795
People whose Wikidata entry gives West Thompson 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
41.94957, -71.88660
What West Thompson 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
- Whittemore CemeteryNorth Grosvenor Dale, CTCemetery1.4 mi
- Saint Joseph CemeteryNorth Grosvenor Dale, CTChristian cemetery2.1 mi
- Ross CemeteryThompson, CTCemetery2.2 mi
- Swiss CemeteryNorth Grosvenor Dale, CTCemetery2.2 mi
- Saint Mary CemeteryPutnam, CTCemetery2.3 mi
- North Grosvenordale CemeteryNorth Grosvenor Dale, CTCemetery2.5 mi
- Winter CemeteryNorth Grosvenor Dale, CTCemetery2.8 mi
- Grove Street CemeteryPutnam, CTChristian cemetery2.8 mi
- Dike CemeteryThompson, CTCemetery2.9 mi
- Quaddick CemeteryThompson, CTCemetery3.0 mi
Funeral homes near West Thompson Cemetery
- Valade Funeral Home & Cremation Service2.2 miFuneral home · North Grosvenor Dale · (860) 928-7724
- Gilman Funeral Home and Cremation Service2.6 miFuneral home · Putnam · (860) 928-7723
- Smith And Walker Funeral Home2.7 miFuneral home · Putnam · (860) 928-2442
- Robert J Miller Funeral Home6.5 miFuneral home · Webster · (508) 943-0045
- Sitkowski Malboeuf and Hickey Funeral Home6.6 miFuneral home · Webster · (508) 943-1515
- Bartel Funeral Home6.6 miFuneral home · Dudley · (508) 943-6100
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