About Bear Cemetery
Bear Cemetery is a cemetery near Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa. It lies about 9.0 mi southwest of Mount Ayr. The grounds sit at about 1,102 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1969452. The nearest other listed cemetery is Oliver Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Armstrong Funeral Home in Mt Ayr, about 9.2 mi away. It is one of 48 cemeteries we list in Ringgold County, and 27 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Mount Ayr. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.77499, -94.08356
What Bear 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
- Oliver CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery1.0 mi
- Woodland CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery2.6 mi
- Johnston CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery3.6 mi
- Ellston CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery4.8 mi
- Maple Row CemeteryLamoni, IACemetery5.1 mi
- Sweet Home CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery5.4 mi
- Merritt CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery6.0 mi
- Grand River CemeteryLeon, IACemetery6.3 mi
- Pumptown CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery6.4 mi
- Tedrow CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery7.5 mi
Funeral homes near Bear Cemetery
- Armstrong Funeral Home9.2 miFuneral home · Mt Ayr · (641) 464-3413
- Slade-O'Donnell Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Leon · (641) 446-6211
- Powers Funeral Home and Crematory19 miCremation provider · Afton · (641) 347-8725
- Roberson Funeral Home22 miFuneral home · Eagleville · (660) 867-3112
- Powers Funeral Home Crematory24 miCremation provider · Creston · (641) 782-7036
- Kale Funeral Home24 miFuneral home · Osceola · (641) 342-2146
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