About Prairie Home Cemetery
Prairie Home Cemetery is a cemetery near Holdrege, Phelps County, Nebraska. It lies about 1.5 mi southwest of Holdrege. The grounds sit at about 2,306 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Bernard Palmer. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 832369. The nearest other listed cemetery is Bethel Cemetery, about 2.5 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Holdrege, about 2.0 mi away. It is one of 11 cemeteries we list in Phelps County, and 6 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Holdrege. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Prairie Home Cemetery
Among them: 1 writer.
- Bernard Palmer1914-1998American author of Christian juvenile fiction
People whose Wikidata entry gives Prairie Home 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
40.45479, -99.34966
What Prairie Home 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
- Bethel CemeteryHoldrege, NECemetery2.5 mi
- Prairie CemeteryHoldrege, NECemetery5.4 mi
- Industry CemeteryHoldrege, NECemetery5.9 mi
- Fridhem CemeteryHoldrege, NECemetery7.0 mi
- Magill CemeteryHoldrege, NECemetery7.6 mi
- Antelope CemeteryHoldrege, NECemetery9.6 mi
- Wilcox CemeteryHoldrege, NECemetery12 mi
- Shaw CemeteryHoldrege, NECemetery12 mi
- Freewater CemeteryHoldrege, NECemetery13 mi
- Saint Johns CemeteryHoldrege, NECemetery13 mi
Funeral homes near Prairie Home Cemetery
- Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home2.0 miFuneral home · Holdrege · (308) 995-4114
- Craig Funeral Home21 miFuneral home · Minden · (308) 832-2020
- O'Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home23 miFuneral home · Kearney · (308) 234-3500
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