Saint Peters Cemetery in Velda Village, Missouri

Saint Peters Cemetery is a cemetery near Velda Village, St. Louis County, Missouri. The grounds sit at about 627 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 13 notable people buried here, including Frank Vaughn, Tom Turpin and Cool Papa Bell. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 756677. The nearest other listed cemetery is Greenwood Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the east. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Valhalla Funeral Chapel, Crematory and Cemetery in St. Louis, about 1.2 mi away. It is one of 104 cemeteries we list in St. Louis County, and 56 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in St. Louis County dates to 1866. 12 of the 104 listings in St. Louis County have a phone number or website on record.

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

Among them: 4 baseball players, 3 musicians, 2 Civil War veterans, 1 aviator or astronaut, 1 boxer, 1 Medal of Honor recipient.

• Frank Vaughn1902-1959
  American soccer player
• Tom Turpin1871-1922
  American ragtime composer and saloon-keeper
• Cool Papa Bell1903-1991
  American Hall of Fame baseball player
• Virgil Akins1928-2011
  American boxer
• Willie Mae Ford Smith1904-1994
  American singer
• Wendell Oliver Pruitt1920-1945
  United States Air Force officer
• Benjamin Swearer1825-1902
  United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
• John Stillwell Stark1841-1927
  American music publisher
• Michael Brown1996-2014
  American man shot dead in 2014 by police in Ferguson, Missouri, United States
• Ted Breitenstein1869-1935
  American Major League Baseball player
• Ed Pabst1868-1940
  American baseball player
• Cowan Hyde1909-2003
  Baseball player

People whose Wikidata entry gives Saint Peters 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.

• Greenwood Cemetery

  Velda Village Hills, MO
  Cemetery

  0.4 mi
• Saint Peters Cemetery - Bethany Section

  Pagedale, MO
  Cemetery

  0.6 mi
• Bethany Cemetery

  Wellston, MO
  Cemetery

  0.6 mi
• Daughters of Charity Graveyard

  Bel-Nor, MO
  Cemetery

  0.8 mi
• Zion Cemetery

  Pagedale, MO
  Cemetery

  0.8 mi
• Laurel Hill Cemetery

  Pagedale, MO
  Cemetery

  0.8 mi
• CCVI Sisters Cemetery

  Bel-Nor, MO
  Cemetery

  1.1 mi
• Valhalla Cemetery

  Hanley Hills, MO
  Cemetery

  1.3 mi
• Lake Charles Cemetery

  Bel-Nor, MO
  Cemetery

  1.6 mi
• Oak Grove Cemetery

  Hanley Hills, MO
  Cemetery

  1.7 mi

• Valhalla Funeral Chapel, Crematory and Cemetery

  Cremation provider · St. Louis · (314) 721-4900
  1.2 mi
• Austin Layne Normandy Chapel

  Funeral home · Normandy · (314) 381-6900
  1.3 mi
• Clark and Sons Funeral Chapel

  Funeral chapel · St. Louis · (314) 727-0808
  2.0 mi
• Serenity Memorial Funeral and Cremation Service

  Cremation provider · St. Louis · (314) 389-1900
  2.2 mi
• Duckworth Funeral Services, LLC

  Funeral home · University City · (314) 925-8917
  2.6 mi
• Lupton Chapel

  Funeral home · University City
  2.6 mi

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