Forest Home Cemetery in New Sharon, Iowa

Forest Home Cemetery is a cemetery near New Sharon, Poweshiek County, Iowa. It lies about 5.1 mi south of New Sharon. The grounds sit at about 879 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Hephzibah Dumville Bechly, Elizabeth Dumville and John W. Williams. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 456672. The nearest other listed cemetery is Beason Cemetery, about 1.9 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Holland-Coble Funeral Home in New Sharon, about 5.2 mi away. It is one of 44 cemeteries we list in Poweshiek County, and 34 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 44 listings in Poweshiek County have a phone number or website on record.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, New Sharon. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 1 Civil War veteran, 1 writer.

• Hephzibah Dumville Bechly1833-1869
  American writer
• Elizabeth Dumville1829-1904
  American settler
• John W. Williams1822-1864
  Civil war soldier

People whose Wikidata entry gives Forest Home 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.

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.

• Beason Cemetery

  Montezuma, IA
  Cemetery

  1.9 mi
• Mill Grove Cemetery

  New Sharon, IA
  Cemetery

  2.3 mi
• Little Mount Baptist Cemetery

  Montezuma, IA
  Baptist cemetery

  2.4 mi
• Sheley Cemetery

  New Sharon, IA
  Cemetery

  2.8 mi
• Bone - McCoy Cemetery

  Montezuma, IA
  Cemetery

  2.9 mi
• McCoy Cemetery

  Montezuma, IA
  Cemetery

  2.9 mi
• West Liberty Cemetery

  Montezuma, IA
  Cemetery

  2.9 mi
• McDonald Cemetery

  Montezuma, IA
  Cemetery

  3.6 mi
• Highland Cemetery

  New Sharon, IA
  Cemetery

  4.6 mi
• Stewart Cemetery

  New Sharon, IA
  Cemetery

  5.0 mi

• Holland-Coble Funeral Home

  Funeral home · New Sharon · (641) 637-2811
  5.2 mi
• Holland Coble Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Montezuma · (641) 623-3500
  5.5 mi
• Cox-Smith Funeral and Cremation Service

  Cremation provider · Grinnell · (641) 236-5580
  15 mi
• Smith Funeral Home and Crematory

  Cremation provider · Grinnell · (641) 236-3134
  16 mi
• Langkamp Funeral Chapel & Crematory

  Cremation provider · Oskaloosa · (641) 672-2181
  16 mi
• Kloster Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Brooklyn · (641) 522-9250
  16 mi

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