About Newell Cemetery
Newell Cemetery is a cemetery near Storm Lake, Buena Vista County, Iowa. It lies about 11 mi west of Storm Lake. The grounds sit at about 1,280 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Marcus Lee Hansen and Peter Anderson. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1925883. The nearest other listed cemetery is Newell Catholic Prairie Cemetery, about 1.7 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Sliefert Funeral Homes in Storm Lake, about 11 mi away. It is one of 29 cemeteries we list in Buena Vista County, and 14 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Storm Lake. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Newell Cemetery
Among them: 1 Civil War veteran, 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 Pulitzer Prize winner.
- Marcus Lee Hansen1892-1938American historian
- Peter Anderson1847-1907Union Army Medal of Honor recipient
People whose Wikidata entry gives Newell 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
42.61260, -94.99963
What Newell 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
- Newell Catholic Prairie CemeteryStorm Lake, IACatholic cemetery1.7 mi
- Varina CemeteryStorm Lake, IACemetery4.4 mi
- First M E Church CemeterySac City, IAChurch cemetery4.9 mi
- Cooke CemeterySac City, IACemetery4.9 mi
- Saint Johns Church of Christ CemeteryStorm Lake, IAChurch cemetery7.2 mi
- Saint Johns Lutheran CemeteryStorm Lake, IALutheran cemetery7.4 mi
- Zion Lutheran CemeteryStorm Lake, IALutheran cemetery7.8 mi
- Saint Columbkille's CemeteryPocahontas, IACemetery8.2 mi
- Nemaha CemeterySac City, IACemetery8.5 mi
- Cedar Township CemeterySac City, IAMunicipal cemetery8.5 mi
Funeral homes near Newell Cemetery
- Sliefert Funeral Homes11 miFuneral home · Storm Lake · (712) 732-5010
- Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Homes & Cremation Center12 miFuneral home · Storm Lake · (712) 732-1911
- Sliefert Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Albert City · (712) 843-5411
- Farber & Otteman Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Sac City · (712) 662-7135
- Powers Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Laurens · (712) 845-4722
- Powers Funeral Home19 miFuneral home · Pocahontas · (712) 335-3334
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