About Despain Cemetery
Despain Cemetery is a cemetery near Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri. It lies about 2.8 mi southeast of Saint Joseph. The nearest other listed cemetery is Felix's Grave, about 0.4 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Simplify Cremations & Funerals in St Joseph, about 1.8 mi away. It is one of 60 cemeteries we list in Buchanan County, and 41 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 60 listings in Buchanan County have a phone number or website on record.
Historic cemetery with identifiable graves and headstones. The site is preserved as a burial ground and is not intended for recreational use.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Saint Joseph. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
39.80426, -94.87356
What Despain 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
- Felix's GraveSaint Joseph, MOChristian cemetery0.4 mi
- Saint Joseph City CemeterySaint Joseph, MOMunicipal cemetery1.2 mi
- Green CemeteryCountry Club Village, MOCemetery2.1 mi
- Mount Olivet CemeterySaint Joseph, MOCemetery2.3 mi
- Mount Mora CemeterySaint Joseph, MOCemetery2.6 mi
- Ladd CemeteryCountry Club Village, MOCemetery2.6 mi
- Ashland CemeterySaint Joseph, MOCemetery2.8 mi
- Jackson CemeteryWathena, KSCemetery3.1 mi
- Adath Joseph CemeterySaint Joseph, MOJewish cemetery3.3 mi
- Mount Auburn CemeterySaint Joseph, MOCemetery3.4 mi
Funeral homes near Despain Cemetery
- Simplify Cremations & Funerals1.8 miFuneral home · St Joseph · (816) 232-2722
- American Board of Funeral Service Education3.0 miFuneral home · St Joseph · (816) 233-3747
- Bullock Family Funeral Chapel3.1 miFuneral chapel · St Joseph · (816) 364-2301
- Heaton Bowman Smith & Sidenfaden Chapel4.1 miFuneral home · St Joseph · (816) 232-3355
- Harman-Rohde Funeral Home4.9 miFuneral home · Wathena · (785) 989-4411
- Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory5.3 miCremation provider · St Joseph · (816) 232-3366
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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