About West Union Cemetery
West Union Cemetery is a cemetery near West Union, Fayette County, Iowa. The grounds sit at about 1,181 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Lucien Lester Ainsworth and William E. Fuller. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1945185. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Calvary Cemetery, about 2.6 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Burnham-Wood and S. K. Rogers Funeral Homes in West Union, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 57 cemeteries we list in Fayette County, and 31 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 West Union Cemetery
Among them: 2 US representatives.
- Lucien Lester Ainsworth1831-1902U.S. Representative
- William E. Fuller1846-1918American politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives West Union 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
42.96075, -91.81561
What West Union 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
- Mount Calvary CemeteryWest Union, IACemetery2.6 mi
- Boale CemeteryWest Union, IACemetery2.7 mi
- Mount Pleasant CemeteryWest Union, IACemetery2.8 mi
- Barnhouse CemeteryWest Union, IACemetery3.4 mi
- Butler - Barnhouse CemeteryWest Union, IACemetery3.4 mi
- Pleasant Grove CemeteryWest Union, IACemetery4.0 mi
- South Windsor CemeteryWest Union, IACemetery4.1 mi
- Oak Ridge CemeteryWest Union, IACemetery4.6 mi
- Brainard CemeteryWest Union, IACemetery5.2 mi
- George CemeteryWest Union, IACemetery5.4 mi
Funeral homes near West Union Cemetery
- Burnham-Wood and S. K. Rogers Funeral Homes0.5 miFuneral home · West Union · (563) 422-3615
- West Union Monument Company0.7 miMonument dealer · West Union · (563) 422-5895
- Schmitz Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Ossian · (563) 532-9424
- Hugeback-Johnson Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Waucoma · (563) 776-6171
- Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Maynard · (319) 283-4922
- Chekal Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Fort Atkinson · (563) 534-7251
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