About Olson Cemetery
Olson Cemetery is a cemetery near Avoca, Shelby County, Iowa. It lies about 4.1 mi southeast of Avoca. The grounds sit at about 1,309 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 459862. The nearest other listed cemetery is Graceland Cemetery, about 3.2 mi to the southeast. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Heartland Funeral & Cremation Services in Harlan, about 8.7 mi away. It is one of 36 cemeteries we list in Shelby County, and 16 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Avoca. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.52731, -95.38075
What Olson 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
- Graceland CemeteryAvoca, IACemetery3.2 mi
- Shelby CemeteryAvoca, IACemetery3.9 mi
- Jacobson CemeteryAvoca, IACemetery4.2 mi
- Lee CemeteryAvoca, IACemetery4.7 mi
- Fairview Township CemeteryHarlan, IAMunicipal cemetery5.1 mi
- Newton CemeteryAvoca, IACemetery5.8 mi
- Cuppys Grove CemeteryHarlan, IACemetery6.9 mi
- Lincoln Township CemeteryHarlan, IAMunicipal cemetery8.3 mi
- Saint Patricks Catholic CemeteryAvoca, IACatholic cemetery8.3 mi
- Schley CemeteryHarlan, IACemetery8.6 mi
Funeral homes near Olson Cemetery
- Heartland Funeral & Cremation Services8.7 miCremation provider · Harlan · (712) 755-3177
- Pauley Jones Funeral Home9.4 miFuneral home · Harlan · (712) 755-3135
- Sondag Monument9.7 miMonument dealer · Harlan · (712) 733-9741
- Rieken Vieth Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Oakland · (712) 482-6243
- Loess Hills Funeral & Cremation Center20 miCremation provider · Carson · (712) 484-2283
- Roland Funeral Service21 miFuneral home · Atlantic · (712) 243-5492
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