About Harper Cemetery
Harper Cemetery is a cemetery near Harper, Harper County, Kansas. It lies about 0.8 mi southwest of Harper. The grounds sit at about 1,417 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Joseph Anton Tihen. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 470462. The nearest other listed cemetery is Christian Apostolic Cemetery, about 2.0 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Prairie Rose Funeral Home in Harper, about 1.2 mi away. It is one of 23 cemeteries we list in Harper County, and 7 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Harper. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Harper Cemetery
- Joseph Anton Tihen1918-2002Soft redirect to Wikispecies
People whose Wikidata entry gives Harper 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
37.29641, -98.01839
What Harper 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
- Christian Apostolic CemeteryHarper, KSCemetery2.0 mi
- Pleasant Valley CemeteryHarper, KSCemetery2.9 mi
- Hillsdale CemeteryHarper, KSCemetery5.2 mi
- Crystal Springs Mennonite CemeteryHarper, KSMennonite and Amish cemetery6.6 mi
- Melvin CemeteryHarper, KSCemetery6.7 mi
- Cavalry CemeteryHarper, KSCemetery6.9 mi
- Duquoin CemeteryHarper, KSCemetery7.5 mi
- Forest Park CemeteryAnthony, KSCemetery10 mi
- Spring Grove CemeteryAnthony, KSCemetery10 mi
- Freeport CemeteryAnthony, KSCemetery11 mi
Funeral homes near Harper Cemetery
- Prairie Rose Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Harper · (620) 896-2900
- Prairie Rose Funeral Home10.0 miFuneral home · Anthony · (620) 842-5142
- Ebersole Mortuary LLC22 miMortuary · Conway Springs · (620) 456-2226
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