About Shy Cemetery
Shy Cemetery is a cemetery near Leon, Decatur County, Iowa. It lies about 3.5 mi southeast of Leon. The grounds sit at about 1,106 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1822880. The nearest other listed cemetery is Palestine Cemetery, about 2.3 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Slade-O'Donnell Funeral Home in Leon, about 3.7 mi away. It is one of 76 cemeteries we list in Decatur County, and 45 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Leon. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.77517, -93.79565
What Shy 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
- Palestine CemeteryLeon, IACemetery2.3 mi
- Leon CemeteryLeon, IACemetery2.8 mi
- Waller CemeteryLeon, IACemetery3.1 mi
- Decatur City CemeteryLeon, IAMunicipal cemetery3.2 mi
- Manchester CemeteryLeon, IACemetery5.0 mi
- Franklin CemeteryLeon, IACemetery5.1 mi
- Salem Mennonite CemeteryLeon, IAMennonite and Amish cemetery5.3 mi
- Johnson CemeteryLeon, IACemetery5.4 mi
- Cash CemeteryLeon, IACemetery5.5 mi
- Trinity Hills CemeteryLeon, IACemetery5.5 mi
Funeral homes near Shy Cemetery
- Slade-O'Donnell Funeral Home3.7 miFuneral home · Leon · (641) 446-6211
- Kale Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Osceola · (641) 342-2146
- Armstrong Funeral Home24 miFuneral home · Mt Ayr · (641) 464-3413
- Roberson Funeral Home24 miFuneral home · Eagleville · (660) 867-3112
- Thomas-Randolph Funeral Home25 miFuneral home · Corydon · (641) 872-1410
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