About Ketchum Cemetery
Ketchum Cemetery is a cemetery near Ketchum, Blaine County, Idaho. The grounds sit at about 5,866 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 8 notable people buried here, including Ernest Hemingway, Melvin Schwartz and Margaux Hemingway. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2766752. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hailey Cemetery, about 12 mi to the south. It is one of 8 cemeteries we list in Blaine County, and no other listed cemetery lies within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Ketchum. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Ketchum Cemetery
Among them: 2 actors, 2 Nobel laureates, 2 World War II veterans, 1 journalist, 1 musician, 1 physician, 1 Pulitzer Prize winner, 1 scientist.
- Ernest Hemingway1899-1961American author and journalist
- Melvin Schwartz1932-2006American experimental physicist
- Margaux Hemingway1954-1996American fashion model and actress
- Ann Sothern1909-2001American actress
- Gretchen Fraser1919-1994American alpine skier
- Gloria Hemingway1931-2001American physician
- Jack Hemingway1923-2000Canadian-American fly fisherman, conservationist and writer
- Ellen Whitney Angell1928-2012
People whose Wikidata entry gives Ketchum 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
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What Ketchum 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.
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