About Rose Hill Cemetery
Rose Hill Cemetery is a jewish cemetery near Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri. It lies about 6.8 mi north of Kansas City. The grounds sit at about 955 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Edward Jacobson and Clarence Kivett. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 725564. The nearest other listed cemetery is Forest Hill Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the east. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Louis Memorial Chapel in Kansas City, about 0.1 mi away. It is one of 83 cemeteries we list in Jackson County, and 66 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Jackson County dates to 1842. 1 of the 83 listings in Jackson County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Kansas City. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Rose Hill Cemetery
Among them: 1 architect, 1 business leader.
- Edward Jacobson1891-1955American businessman
- Clarence Kivett1905-1996
People whose Wikidata entry gives Rose Hill 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
39.00167, -94.57606
What Rose Hill 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
- Forest Hill CemeteryKansas City, MOCemetery0.3 mi
- Calvary CemeteryKansas City, MOCemetery0.3 mi
- Loose Memorial ParkKansas City, MOMemorial park2.3 mi
- Grange CemeteryGrandview, MOCemetery2.8 mi
- Corinth CemeteryLeawood, KSCemetery3.2 mi
- Shawnee Methodist Mission CemeteryRoeland Park, KS · est. 1837Methodist cemetery3.2 mi
- Thomas H. SwopeRaytown, MOCemetery3.2 mi
- Woolford Farm Horse CemeteryPrairie Village, KSCemetery3.4 mi
- Memorial Park CemeteryRaytown, MOMemorial park3.6 mi
- Green Lawn CemeteryRaytown, MOCemetery3.6 mi
Funeral homes near Rose Hill Cemetery
- Kansas City Monument0.1 miMonument dealer · Kansas City · (816) 333-0075
- Louis Memorial Chapel0.1 miFuneral chapel · Kansas City · (816) 361-5211
- Muehlebach Funeral Care0.1 miFuneral home · Kansas City · (816) 444-2060
- Muehlebach Funeral Home0.1 miFuneral home · Kansas City
- Serenity Memorial Chapel1.0 miFuneral chapel · Kansas City · (816) 599-2939
- Signature Funerals2.2 miFuneral home · Kansas City · (816) 214-5174
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
Frequently asked questions
Is Rose Hill Cemetery a Jewish cemetery?
Our records list a Jewish affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
Related guides
- Gravestone Symbols and Their MeaningsWhat willows, lambs, hands, urns, fraternal emblems and Latin abbreviations on American gravestones usually mean, and how styles changed from colonial times to today.
- How to Find an Old GraveTracing 18th and 19th century burials: county records, topographic maps, church registers and reading weathered stones safely.
- Religious Burial Customs in the USHow Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, Protestant, Orthodox and Latter-day Saint traditions shape burial, timing and cemetery choice.
- How Much Does a Cemetery Plot Cost?What drives plot prices in the US, typical ranges by cemetery type and region, and the fees that come on top of the plot itself.