About Rice River Cemetery
Rice River Cemetery is a cemetery near Moose Lake, Aitkin County, Minnesota. It lies about 23 mi east of Moose Lake. The grounds sit at about 1,283 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Dale Eugene Wayrynen. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 650054. The nearest other listed cemetery is Beaver Cemetery, about 6.6 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is McGregor Funeral Home in Mcgregor, about 8.8 mi away. It is one of 50 cemeteries we list in Aitkin County, and 8 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Moose Lake. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Rice River Cemetery
Among them: 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 Vietnam War veteran.
- Dale Eugene Wayrynen1947-1967United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
People whose Wikidata entry gives Rice River 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
46.48739, -93.24154
What Rice River 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
- Beaver CemeteryMoose Lake, MNCemetery6.6 mi
- Salo CemeteryMoose Lake, MNCemetery7.0 mi
- Finnish Apostolic CemeteryMoose Lake, MNCemetery7.0 mi
- Sheriff Lake CemeteryMoose Lake, MNCemetery7.3 mi
- Carr Memorial CemeteryAitkin, MNCemetery8.1 mi
- Union CemeteryAitkin, MNCemetery8.2 mi
- Grayling CemeteryMoose Lake, MNCemetery9.4 mi
- Jewitt CemeteryAitkin, MNCemetery10.0 mi
- Saron CemeteryAitkin, MNCemetery11 mi
- Lansford CemeteryAitkin, MNCemetery11 mi
Funeral homes near Rice River Cemetery
- McGregor Funeral Home8.8 miFuneral home · Mcgregor · (218) 768-3136
- Sorensen Root Thompson Funeral Home & Cremation Services And Mcgregor Funeral Home & Cremation Services22 miFuneral home · Aitkin · (218) 927-2614
- Hamlin-Hansen-Kosloski Funeral Home23 miFuneral home · Moose Lake · (218) 485-4429
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
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