About Hawkeye Cemetery
Hawkeye Cemetery is a cemetery near West Union, Fayette County, Iowa. It lies about 6.7 mi east of West Union. The grounds sit at about 1,161 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Harley Henry Sorg. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 457329. The nearest other listed cemetery is Windsor Cemetery, about 1.8 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Burnham-Wood and S. K. Rogers Funeral Homes in West Union, about 6.8 mi away. It is one of 57 cemeteries we list in Fayette County, and 29 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, West Union. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Hawkeye Cemetery
- Harley Henry Sorg1882-1958American politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Hawkeye 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
42.93969, -91.93599
What Hawkeye 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
- Windsor CemeteryWest Union, IACemetery1.8 mi
- Fayette County Farm CemeterySumner, IACemetery2.8 mi
- South Windsor CemeteryWest Union, IACemetery3.3 mi
- Pitts CemeteryWest Union, IACemetery3.9 mi
- Oak Lawn CemeteryWest Union, IACemetery4.3 mi
- Bethel CemeterySumner, IACemetery5.2 mi
- Boale CemeteryWest Union, IACemetery5.9 mi
- West Union CemeteryWest Union, IACemetery6.3 mi
- Oak Ridge CemeteryWest Union, IACemetery6.3 mi
- Dunham Grove CemeteryFayette, IACemetery6.3 mi
Funeral homes near Hawkeye Cemetery
- West Union Monument Company6.4 miMonument dealer · West Union · (563) 422-5895
- Burnham-Wood and S. K. Rogers Funeral Homes6.8 miFuneral home · West Union · (563) 422-3615
- Hugeback-Johnson Funeral Home9.7 miFuneral home · Waucoma · (563) 776-6171
- Becker & Son Funeral Homes10 miFuneral home · Sumner · (563) 578-3451
- Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Maynard · (319) 283-4922
- Hugeback-Johnson Funeral Home and Crematory13 miCremation provider · Fredericksburg · (563) 237-6212
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