About Wyuka Cemetery
Wyuka Cemetery is a cemetery near Nebraska City, Otoe County, Nebraska. It lies about 0.8 mi northeast of Nebraska City. The grounds sit at about 1,027 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 10 notable people buried here, including Julius Sterling Morton, Monroe Hayward and George H. Heinke. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 834898. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Marys Cemetery, about 1.7 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Marshall Funeral Chapels in Nebraska City, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 29 cemeteries we list in Otoe County, and 16 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Nebraska City. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Wyuka Cemetery
Among them: 2 US representatives, 1 artist, 1 scientist, 1 US senator.
- Julius Sterling Morton1832-1902American politician
- Monroe Hayward1840-1899Union Army soldier, lawyer, politician
- George H. Heinke1882-1940American politician
- John Hyde Sweet1880-1964American politician
- Del Stoltenberg1935-2017American football and track and field coach
- Thomas Morton1829-1887American printer and newspaper publisher
- Carl Morton1865-1901American businessman
- Caroline Ann Joy French Morton1833-18819 Aug 1833 - certain 29 Jun 1881
- Charles Morton1831-1888
- William Davenport1797-1869Clergyman
People whose Wikidata entry gives Wyuka 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
40.66969, -95.87215
What Wyuka 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 Marys CemeteryNebraska City, NECemetery1.7 mi
- Saint Benedicts CemeteryNebraska City, NECemetery2.3 mi
- Heuser Family CemeteryNebraska City, NEFamily cemetery4.5 mi
- Blanchard CemeterySidney, IACemetery4.7 mi
- Lambert CemeterySidney, IACemetery5.5 mi
- Cowles CemeteryNebraska City, NECemetery6.1 mi
- Bloomingdale CemeteryNebraska City, NECemetery7.0 mi
- Camp Creek CemeteryNebraska City, NECemetery7.9 mi
- Biggs CemeteryNebraska City, NECemetery8.7 mi
- Brown CemeterySidney, IACemetery8.9 mi
Funeral homes near Wyuka Cemetery
- Marshall Funeral Chapels0.8 miFuneral home · Nebraska City · (402) 873-5331
- Peterson Mortuary0.9 miMortuary · Nebraska City · (402) 873-6626
- Gude Mortuary0.9 miMortuary · Nebraska City · (402) 873-6011
- Gude Mortuary3.1 miMortuary · Nebraska City · (402) 873-6011
- Marshall Funeral Chapels10 miFuneral home · Union · (402) 873-5331
- Rash-Gude Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Hamburg · (712) 382-1024
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