About Compton Lutheran Cemetery
Compton Lutheran Cemetery is a lutheran cemetery near Wadena, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. It lies about 6.0 mi northeast of Wadena. The nearest other listed cemetery is Compton Cemetery, about 2.2 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Schuller Family Funeral Homes in Wadena, about 5.7 mi away. It is one of 210 cemeteries we list in Otter Tail County, and 28 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Otter Tail County dates to 1889.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Wadena. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
46.40499, -95.24904
What Compton Lutheran 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
- Compton CemeteryWadena, MNCemetery2.2 mi
- Compton Catholic CemeteryWadena, MNCatholic cemetery2.2 mi
- Gustafva CemeteryWadena, MNCemetery2.5 mi
- Fairview CemeteryNew York Mills, MNCemetery3.4 mi
- Salem Evangelical Church Cemetery (historical)New York Mills, MNChurch cemetery3.6 mi
- Trinity CemeteryWadena, MNCemetery3.7 mi
- Oak Hill CemeteryNew York Mills, MNCemetery4.5 mi
- Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church CemeteryWadena, MNCatholic cemetery4.5 mi
- Saint Ann' CemeteryWadena, MNCemetery5.2 mi
- Wadena CemeteryWadena, MNCemetery5.3 mi
Funeral homes near Compton Lutheran Cemetery
- Schuller Family Funeral Homes5.7 miFuneral home · Wadena · (218) 631-3632
- Karvonen Funeral Home6.2 miFuneral home · Wadena · (218) 632-4007
- Karvonen Funeral Home9.7 miFuneral home · New York Mills · (218) 385-2345
- Belmont-Karvonen Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Henning · (218) 583-2511
- Belmont Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Parkers Prairie
- Verndale Chapel - Schuller Family Funeral Homes11 miFuneral home · Verndale · (218) 445-5191
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Frequently asked questions
Is Compton Lutheran Cemetery a Lutheran cemetery?
Our records list a Lutheran affiliation, based on its official name. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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