About Prairie View Cemetery
Prairie View Cemetery is a cemetery near Marshalltown, Marshall County, Iowa. It lies about 13 mi northwest of Marshalltown. The grounds sit at about 1,027 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Eldon Tharp. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 460424. The nearest other listed cemetery is Green Cemetery, about 3.1 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell, about 9.7 mi away. It is one of 62 cemeteries we list in Marshall County, and 28 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Marshalltown. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Prairie View Cemetery
Among them: 1 football player.
- Eldon Tharp1908-1979American football coach
People whose Wikidata entry gives Prairie View Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
41.88708, -92.79609
What Prairie View 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
- Green CemeteryGrinnell, IACemetery3.1 mi
- Strand Lutheran CemeteryMarshalltown, IALutheran cemetery3.9 mi
- Saint Joseph's German Lutheran CemeteryMarshalltown, IALutheran cemetery5.0 mi
- Chester CemeteryGrinnell, IACemetery5.1 mi
- Korns CemeteryTama, IACemetery5.2 mi
- Trinity Lutheran CemeteryMarshalltown, IALutheran cemetery5.5 mi
- Stavanger Friends CemeteryMarshalltown, IACemetery5.6 mi
- Stavanger CemeteryMarshalltown, IACemetery5.6 mi
- Hickory Grove CemeteryGrinnell, IACemetery5.8 mi
- Chester CemeteryGrinnell, IACemetery5.9 mi
Funeral homes near Prairie View Cemetery
- Smith Funeral Home9.7 miFuneral home · Grinnell · (641) 236-5920
- Smith Funeral Home and Crematory10 miCremation provider · Grinnell · (641) 236-3134
- Cox-Smith Funeral and Cremation Service11 miCremation provider · Grinnell · (641) 236-5580
- McCall Monument11 miMonument dealer · Marshalltown · (641) 753-9595
- Mitchell Family Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Marshalltown · (641) 844-1234
- Kruse-Phillips Funeral Homes13 miFuneral home · Tama · (641) 484-3400
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