About Sterner Cemetery
Sterner Cemetery is a cemetery near Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa. It lies about 8.4 mi west of Ottumwa. The grounds sit at about 794 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 461989. The nearest other listed cemetery is Brumsey Cemetery, about 0.9 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Reece Funeral Home in Ottumwa, about 8.1 mi away. It is one of 74 cemeteries we list in Wapello County, and 59 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Ottumwa. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.01256, -92.25012
What Sterner 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
- Brumsey CemeteryOttumwa, IACemetery0.9 mi
- Hackney GraveOttumwa, IACemetery2.2 mi
- Bladensburg CemeteryOttumwa, IACemetery2.5 mi
- Chief Wapello CemeteryOttumwa, IACemetery2.6 mi
- Agency CemeteryOttumwa, IACemetery3.3 mi
- Holmes CemeteryFairfield, IACemetery3.7 mi
- Ashland CemeteryOttumwa, IACemetery3.9 mi
- Round Point CemeteryOttumwa, IACemetery4.0 mi
- Batavia CemeteryFairfield, IACemetery4.5 mi
- Schrom CemeteryMaharishi Vedic City, IACemetery4.5 mi
Funeral homes near Sterner Cemetery
- Reece Funeral Home8.1 miFuneral home · Ottumwa · (641) 682-4509
- Robertson-Jay Funeral Home8.3 miFuneral home · Ottumwa
- Johnson Funeral Chapel8.8 miFuneral chapel · Ottumwa
- Patterson Monument Co9.0 miMonument dealer · Ottumwa · (641) 682-3176
- Sinnott Funeral Home, Formerly Robertson Jay Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Ottumwa · (641) 682-8031
- Cranston Family Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Fairfield · (641) 472-3176
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