About Whipple Cemetery
Whipple Cemetery is a cemetery near Oakland, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. It lies about 10 mi west of Oakland. The grounds sit at about 1,289 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Willa Charlene Conklin. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 462966. The nearest other listed cemetery is Smith Cemetery, about 3.4 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Rieken Duhn Funeral Home in Griswold, about 4.6 mi away. It is one of 58 cemeteries we list in Pottawattamie County, and 10 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Oakland. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Whipple Cemetery
- Willa Charlene Conklin1929-2022American politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Whipple 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
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What Whipple 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
- Smith CemeteryAtlantic, IACemetery3.4 mi
- Griswold CemeteryAtlantic, IACemetery3.8 mi
- Flint CemeteryOakland, IACemetery4.2 mi
- Pleasant Township CemeteryRed Oak, IAMunicipal cemetery6.5 mi
- Oakwood CemeteryAtlantic, IACemetery6.7 mi
- Lincoln Township CemeteryAvoca, IAMunicipal cemetery6.8 mi
- Waveland CemeteryRed Oak, IACemetery7.9 mi
- Mercer CemeteryRed Oak, IACemetery8.0 mi
- Wheeler Grove CemeteryOakland, IACemetery9.0 mi
- Oaklawn CemeteryOakland, IACemetery9.9 mi
Funeral homes near Whipple Cemetery
- Rieken Duhn Funeral Home4.6 miFuneral home · Griswold · (712) 778-4315
- Rieken Vieth Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Oakland · (712) 482-6243
- Loess Hills Funeral & Cremation Center12 miCremation provider · Carson · (712) 484-2283
- Roland Funeral Service13 miFuneral home · Atlantic · (712) 243-5492
- Schmidt Family Funeral Homes14 miFuneral home · Atlantic · (712) 243-4111
- Nelson-Boylan Le Rette Funeral18 miFuneral home · Red Oak · (712) 623-2525
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