About Scandinavian Cemetery
Scandinavian Cemetery is a cemetery near Alta, Buena Vista County, Iowa. It lies about 1.2 mi southeast of Alta. The grounds sit at about 1,503 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 461453. The nearest other listed cemetery is Woodlawn Cemetery, about 1.2 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Homes & Cremation Center in Storm Lake, about 4.9 mi away. It is one of 29 cemeteries we list in Buena Vista County, and 12 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Alta. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
42.68386, -95.31016
What Scandinavian 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
- Woodlawn CemeteryAlta, IACemetery1.2 mi
- Buena Vista Memorial Park CemeteryStorm Lake, IAMemorial park4.4 mi
- Elk CemeteryAlta, IACemetery5.5 mi
- Saint John Lutheran CemeteryAlta, IALutheran cemetery6.4 mi
- Pleasant Hill CemeteryCherokee, IACemetery7.0 mi
- Maple Valley CemeteryStorm Lake, IACemetery7.5 mi
- Storm Lake CemeteryStorm Lake, IACemetery7.7 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryStorm Lake, IACemetery7.8 mi
- Diamond CemeteryAlta, IACemetery8.4 mi
- Plainview CemeteryAlta, IACemetery8.7 mi
Funeral homes near Scandinavian Cemetery
- Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Homes & Cremation Center4.9 miFuneral home · Storm Lake · (712) 732-1911
- Sliefert Funeral Homes6.2 miFuneral home · Storm Lake · (712) 732-5010
- Redig Funeral Home6.8 miFuneral home · Aurelia · (712) 434-2281
- Boothby Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Cherokee · (712) 225-3496
- Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Cherokee · (712) 225-4886
- Sliefert Funeral Home & Cremation Center17 miFuneral home · Sioux Rapids · (712) 283-2100
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.