About Ontario Cemetery
Ontario Cemetery is a cemetery near Ames, Story County, Iowa. It lies about 3.0 mi east of Ames. The grounds sit at about 1,014 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1999507. The nearest other listed cemetery is Iowa State University Cemetery, about 1.3 mi to the east. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Cremation Center of Iowa in Ames, about 2.9 mi away. It is one of 57 cemeteries we list in Story County, and 32 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Ames. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
42.02851, -93.67811
What Ontario 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
- Iowa State University CemeteryAmes, IACemetery1.3 mi
- College CemeteryAmes, IACemetery1.3 mi
- Olive Branch CemeteryAmes, IACemetery3.3 mi
- Ames Municipal CemeteryAmes, IAMunicipal cemetery3.8 mi
- Story Memorial Gardens CemeteryAmes, IAMemorial park4.2 mi
- Cory Family CemeteryAmes, IAFamily cemetery4.2 mi
- Sunday CemeteryAmes, IACemetery4.2 mi
- Bloomington CemeteryAmes, IACemetery4.9 mi
- Kelley Community CemeteryAmes, IACemetery5.5 mi
- Arrasmith CemeteryAmes, IACemetery5.9 mi
Funeral homes near Ontario Cemetery
- Cremation Center of Iowa2.9 miCremation provider · Ames · (515) 890-1273
- Grandon Funeral & Cremation3.2 miCremation provider · Ames · (515) 292-2273
- Stevens Memorial Chapel3.3 miFuneral chapel · Ames · (515) 232-5473
- Adams Funeral Home3.4 miFuneral home · Ames · (515) 232-5121
- Ames Monument & Cremation Center3.9 miCremation provider · Ames · (515) 233-3449
- Schroeder-Reimers Memorial Chapel and Cremation Services11 miCremation provider · Boone · (515) 432-3900
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