Sterling Cemetery in Sterling, Kansas

Sterling Cemetery is a cemetery near Sterling, Rice County, Kansas. It lies about 0.7 mi southwest of Sterling. The grounds sit at about 1,644 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Kenneth Porter, Hadley Hicks and Orville H. Browne. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 475909. The nearest other listed cemetery is Peace Valley Cemetery, about 6.7 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Birzer Funeral Home in Sterling, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 18 cemeteries we list in Rice County, and 4 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Sterling. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 1 baseball player, 1 writer.

• Kenneth Porter1905-1981
  Poet and historian
• Hadley Hicks1935-2016
  American football coach
• Orville H. Browne
  Volunteer weather observer for meteorological project (1848-1873) of the Smithsonian Institution

People whose Wikidata entry gives Sterling 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.

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.

• Peace Valley Cemetery

  Sterling, KS
  Cemetery

  6.7 mi
• Wildmead Cemetery

  Nickerson, KS
  Cemetery

  7.1 mi
• Salem Cemetery

  Nickerson, KS
  Cemetery

  7.8 mi
• Lyons Municipal Cemetery

  Lyons, KS
  Municipal cemetery

  9.8 mi
• Lodiana Cemetery

  Lyons, KS
  Cemetery

  10 mi
• Pleasant View Cemetery

  Sterling, KS
  Cemetery

  11 mi
• Peace Cemetery

  Nickerson, KS
  Cemetery

  11 mi
• Fairview Methodist Cemetery

  Nickerson, KS
  Methodist cemetery

  11 mi
• Shumway Cemetery

  Lyons, KS
  Cemetery

  12 mi
• Saint Mary's Cemetery

  Lyons, KS
  Cemetery

  12 mi

• Birzer Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Sterling · (620) 257-2211
  0.5 mi
• Birzer-Sillin Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Sterling · (620) 278-3531
  0.7 mi
• Birzer Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Lyons · (620) 257-2211
  8.8 mi
• Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home & Crematory

  Cremation provider · Hutchinson · (620) 662-1201
  17 mi
• Elliott Mortuary and Crematory

  Cremation provider · Hutchinson · (620) 663-3327
  18 mi
• Woolsey Monument Co

  Monument dealer · Hutchinson · (620) 293-0058
  18 mi

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