About Great Bend Cemetery
Great Bend Cemetery is a cemetery near Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas. It lies about 1.9 mi east of Great Bend. The grounds sit at about 1,863 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Oscar Micheaux and Bob Reiter. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 475762. The nearest other listed cemetery is North Cemetary, about 0.5 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Bryant Funeral Home in Great Bend, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 34 cemeteries we list in Barton County, and 9 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Great Bend. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Great Bend Cemetery
Among them: 1 actor, 1 basketball player, 1 writer.
- Oscar Micheaux1884-1951American writer and director
- Bob Reiter1932-1975Basketball player
People whose Wikidata entry gives Great Bend 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
38.36773, -98.79922
What Great Bend 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
- North Cemetary5101 24th Street, Great Bend, KSCemetery0.5 mi
- Golden Belt Memorial ParkGreat Bend, KSMemorial park4.6 mi
- Hillcrest Memorial ParkGreat Bend, KSMemorial park4.8 mi
- Dundee Valley CemeteryGreat Bend, KSCemetery5.7 mi
- Everett CemeteryGreat Bend, KSCemetery6.0 mi
- Clarence Township CemeteryGreat Bend, KSMunicipal cemetery7.2 mi
- Walnut Valley CemeteryHoisington, KSCemetery8.9 mi
- Pleasant Ridge CemeteryGreat Bend, KSCemetery9.3 mi
- Rockville CemeteryGreat Bend, KSCemetery9.3 mi
- Eden Valley CemeteryGreat Bend, KSCemetery10 mi
Funeral homes near Great Bend Cemetery
- Bryant Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Great Bend · (620) 793-3525
- Spellman-Christians Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Great Bend · (620) 793-6161
- Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Hoisington · (620) 653-4165
- Minnis Chapel- Ellinwood12 miFuneral home · Ellinwood · (620) 617-3120
- Beckwith Mortuary Inc21 miMortuary · Larned · (620) 285-2121
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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