About Van Wert Cemetery
Van Wert Cemetery is a cemetery near Leon, Decatur County, Iowa. It lies about 8.9 mi south of Leon. The grounds sit at about 1,132 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1969702. The nearest other listed cemetery is Clinton Cemetery, about 2.0 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Slade-O'Donnell Funeral Home in Leon, about 8.9 mi away. It is one of 76 cemeteries we list in Decatur County, and 37 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
40.86303, -93.79501
What Van Wert 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
- Clinton CemeteryLeon, IACemetery2.0 mi
- Kline CemeteryOsceola, IACemetery3.4 mi
- McKee CemeteryLeon, IACemetery3.5 mi
- West CemeteryLeon, IACemetery3.9 mi
- Green Bay CemeteryOsceola, IACemetery4.2 mi
- Johnson CemeteryLeon, IACemetery5.0 mi
- Chaney CemeteryOsceola, IACemetery5.7 mi
- Ellis CemeteryOsceola, IACemetery5.8 mi
- Munyon CemeteryLeon, IACemetery5.9 mi
- Shy CemeteryLeon, IACemetery6.1 mi
Funeral homes near Van Wert Cemetery
- Slade-O'Donnell Funeral Home8.9 miFuneral home · Leon · (641) 446-6211
- Kale Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Osceola · (641) 342-2146
- Powers Funeral Home and Crematory24 miCremation provider · Afton · (641) 347-8725
- Kale Funeral Home24 miFuneral home · Truro · (641) 765-4747
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