About Diagonal Cemetery
Diagonal Cemetery is a cemetery near Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa. It lies about 7.6 mi southeast of Mount Ayr. The grounds sit at about 1,178 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Dick Ives. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1822903. The nearest other listed cemetery is Bohemian Cemetery, about 1.7 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Armstrong Funeral Home in Mt Ayr, about 7.5 mi away. It is one of 48 cemeteries we list in Ringgold County, and 25 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.
Notable people buried at Diagonal Cemetery
Among them: 1 baseball player, 1 basketball player.
- Dick Ives1926-1997American basketball player
People whose Wikidata entry gives Diagonal 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
40.79387, -94.33689
What Diagonal 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
- Bohemian CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery1.7 mi
- Bethel CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery1.8 mi
- Keller CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery2.1 mi
- Centenary CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery2.4 mi
- Cabaret CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery2.6 mi
- Dead Mans Cut CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery2.7 mi
- Marshalltown CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery5.2 mi
- Benton CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery5.3 mi
- Quinn CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery5.3 mi
- Tindle CemeteryLenox, IACemetery5.3 mi
Funeral homes near Diagonal Cemetery
- Armstrong Funeral Home7.5 miFuneral home · Mt Ayr · (641) 464-3413
- Ritchie Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Lenox · (641) 333-4501
- Lenox Monument13 miMonument dealer · Lenox · (641) 202-6881
- Powers Funeral Home Crematory18 miCremation provider · Creston · (641) 782-7036
- Powers Funeral Home and Crematory18 miCremation provider · Afton · (641) 347-8725
- Pearson Family Funeral Service & Cremation Center18 miFuneral home · Creston · (641) 782-6555
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