About Villisca Cemetery
Villisca Cemetery is a cemetery near Villisca, Montgomery County, Iowa. The grounds sit at about 1,148 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Frank Fernando Jones and Lester Watt. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 462575. The nearest other listed cemetery is Rosehill Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the east. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Wolfe-billings Funeral Chapel in Villisca, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 37 cemeteries we list in Montgomery County, and 26 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Villisca. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Villisca Cemetery
- Frank Fernando Jones1855-1941American politician
- Lester Watt1894-1952American football player and coach
People whose Wikidata entry gives Villisca 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
40.93832, -94.97442
What Villisca 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
- Rosehill CemeteryVillisca, IACemetery0.8 mi
- Carlisle CemeteryVillisca, IACemetery1.2 mi
- Findley CemeteryVillisca, IACemetery1.6 mi
- Bakers Cut CemeteryVillisca, IACemetery2.2 mi
- Arlington CemeteryVillisca, IACemetery4.5 mi
- Nodaway CemeteryVillisca, IACemetery4.9 mi
- North Page CemeteryVillisca, IACemetery5.4 mi
- Fairview CemeteryVillisca, IACemetery5.6 mi
- Pierce Family CemeteryVillisca, IAFamily cemetery5.7 mi
- Mission CemeteryVillisca, IACemetery6.5 mi
Funeral homes near Villisca Cemetery
- Wolfe-billings Funeral Chapel0.7 miFuneral chapel · Villisca · (712) 826-4142
- Pearson Family Funeral Service & Cremation Center13 miFuneral home · Corning · (641) 322-3156
- Sellergren-Lindell-DeMarce Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Red Oak · (712) 623-2796
- Walker-merrick-billings Funeral Chapel14 miFuneral chapel · Clarinda · (712) 542-2153
- Ritchie Funeral Homes14 miFuneral home · Clarinda · (641) 333-4501
- Nelson-Boylan Le Rette Funeral14 miFuneral home · Red Oak · (712) 623-2525
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