About Kearney Cemetery
Kearney Cemetery is a cemetery near Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska. It lies about 1.6 mi southwest of Kearney. The grounds sit at about 2,192 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including William Laury Greene, Harry Tollefsen and Margaret Elizabeth Forsyth. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1875144. The nearest other listed cemetery is Dove Hill Cemetery, about 5.8 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is O'Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home in Kearney, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 20 cemeteries we list in Buffalo County, and 3 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Kearney. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Kearney Cemetery
Among them: 1 US representative.
- William Laury Greene1849-1899American politician
- Harry Tollefsen1891-1947American football and basketball coach
- Margaret Elizabeth Forsyth1895-1971American missionary
People whose Wikidata entry gives Kearney 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
40.71961, -99.06807
What Kearney 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
- Dove Hill CemeteryKearney, NECemetery5.8 mi
- Prairie Center CemeteryKearney, NECemetery7.7 mi
- Saint Mary CemeteryKearney, NECemetery9.6 mi
- Lutheran CemeteryKearney, NELutheran cemetery10 mi
- Riverside CemeteryGibbon, NECemetery10 mi
- White Hill CemeteryMinden, NECemetery11 mi
- Stanley CemeteryKearney, NECemetery12 mi
- Saint Johns CemeteryKearney, NECemetery12 mi
- Liberty CemeteryMinden, NECemetery13 mi
- Peaks CemeteryKearney, NECemetery13 mi
Funeral homes near Kearney Cemetery
- O'Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Kearney · (308) 234-3500
- Redinger Funeral And Cremation Services12 miCremation provider · Gibbon
- Central Nebraska Cremation Services12 miCremation provider · Gibbon · (308) 468-5235
- Craig Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · Minden · (308) 832-2020
- Apfel Funeral Home23 miFuneral home · Kenesaw · (402) 752-3398
- Rasmussen Mortuary23 miMortuary · Ravenna · (308) 452-3232
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