About Bower Cemetery
Bower Cemetery is a cemetery near Fairbury, Jefferson County, Nebraska. It lies about 8.8 mi south of Fairbury. The grounds sit at about 1,447 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 827581. The nearest other listed cemetery is Richland Center Cemetery, about 3.6 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Gerdes-Meyer Funeral Home in Fairbury, about 7.3 mi away. It is one of 22 cemeteries we list in Jefferson County, and 17 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Fairbury. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.26217, -97.15196
What Bower 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
- Richland Center CemeteryFairbury, NECemetery3.6 mi
- Peace Lutheran CemeteryFairbury, NELutheran cemetery3.9 mi
- Grandy CemeteryFairbury, NECemetery5.1 mi
- Bartel CemeteryFairbury, NECemetery5.4 mi
- Jansen CemeteryFairbury, NECemetery5.8 mi
- Emmanuel CemeteryFairbury, NECemetery5.8 mi
- Megli CemeteryWilber, NECemetery6.3 mi
- Old Plymouth CemeteryFairbury, NECemetery6.7 mi
- Powell CemeteryFairbury, NECemetery6.8 mi
- Swan Valley CemeteryWilber, NECemetery7.9 mi
Funeral homes near Bower Cemetery
- Gerdes-Meyer Funeral Home7.3 miFuneral home · Fairbury · (402) 729-5656
- Freeman Graves - Homestead National Monument of America17 miMonument dealer · Beatrice · (402) 223-3514
- Kuncl Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Wilber · (402) 821-3275
- Zink-Fox Funeral Home21 miFuneral home · Beatrice · (402) 866-5391
- Griffiths-Hovendick Chapel Inc21 miFuneral home · Beatrice · (402) 223-3521
- Harman Wright Mortuary21 miMortuary · Beatrice · (402) 223-2341
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