About Friends Cemetery
Friends Cemetery is a cemetery near Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska. It lies about 17 mi east of Columbus. The grounds sit at about 1,676 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 829422. The nearest other listed cemetery is Valley View Cemetery, about 3.7 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Patrick Ramaeker Funeral in Genoa, about 2.9 mi away. It is one of 28 cemeteries we list in Platte County, and 6 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Columbus. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.47724, -97.69386
What Friends 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
- Valley View CemeteryFullerton, NECemetery3.7 mi
- West Hill CemeteryColumbus, NECemetery5.6 mi
- Zion Lutheran Grand Prairie CemeteryColumbus, NELutheran cemetery8.3 mi
- Zion CemeteryColumbus, NECemetery8.3 mi
- Greenwood CemeteryColumbus, NECemetery8.7 mi
- Evergreen CemeteryAlbion, NECemetery9.9 mi
- Skeedee CemeteryFullerton, NECemetery10 mi
- Burrows CemeteryColumbus, NECemetery10 mi
- Sunnyside CemeteryFullerton, NECemetery10 mi
- Silver Creek CemeteryOsceola, NECemetery11 mi
Funeral homes near Friends Cemetery
- Patrick Ramaeker Funeral2.9 miFuneral home · Genoa · (402) 993-2212
- McKown Rice Funeral Home2.9 miFuneral home · Fullerton
- Palmer-Santin Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Fullerton · (308) 536-2361
- Columbus Monument Company17 miMonument dealer · Columbus · (402) 564-8033
- Mc Kown Funeral Home Inc17 miFuneral home · Columbus · (402) 564-4232
- Gass Haney Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Columbus · (402) 564-5227
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