About Missoula Cemetery
Missoula Cemetery is a church cemetery near Missoula, Missoula County, Montana. It lies about 1.9 mi southeast of Missoula. The grounds sit at about 3,182 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 19 notable people buried here, including Jeannette Rankin, Joseph M. Dixon and Kirby Grant. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 787505. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Mary Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Garden City Funeral Home in Missoula, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 9 cemeteries we list in Missoula County, and 4 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 9 listings in Missoula County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Missoula. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Missoula Cemetery
Among them: 3 artists, 3 US representatives, 2 football players, 1 actor, 1 basketball player, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 governor, 1 journalist.
- Jeannette Rankin1880-1973American congresswoman for Montana
- Joseph M. Dixon1867-1934American politician
- Kirby Grant1911-1985American film and television actor
- Ralph Hills1902-1977American shot putter
- John M. Evans1863-1946American politician
- Frank G. Higgins1864-1905American politician
- Edgar Samuel Paxson1852-1919American artist
- Pokey Allen1943-1996Gridiron football player and coach
- Frank H. Woody1833-1916American politician
- Harry F. Adams1895-1977American college sports coach
- Edna Rankin McKinnon1893-1978Birth control reformer
- Endre N. Haugen1868-1953American photographer and postcard publisher
Show all 19 notable burials
- Ernest Veuve1843-1916United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- George Dahlberg1900-1993American sports coach and college athletics administrator
- John W. Stewart1889-1943American football coach
- Robert H. Cary1885-1912American football player and coach
- Tom Kingsford1928-2005American football player and coach
- Edward Hugo Boos1877-1937Journalist and photographer
- Moses Job1820-1875Nevada settler
People whose Wikidata entry gives Missoula 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
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What Missoula 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
- Saint Mary CemeteryMissoula, MTCemetery1.1 mi
- Western Montana State Veterans CemetaryOrchard Homes, MTVeterans cemetery3.2 mi
- Fort Missoula Post CemeteryGuardsman Lane, Missoula, MTMilitary cemetery3.6 mi
- Sunset Memorial GardensOrchard Homes, MTMemorial park3.8 mi
- Saint John the Baptist Catholic CemeteryFrenchtown, MTCatholic cemetery12 mi
- Florence - Carlton CemeteryLolo, MTCemetery15 mi
Funeral homes near Missoula Cemetery
- Garden City Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Missoula · (406) 543-4190
- Just Cremation Montana2.5 miCremation provider · Missoula · (406) 543-5595
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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