About Bancroft Cemetery
Bancroft Cemetery is a cemetery near Pender, Cuming County, Nebraska. It lies about 11 mi northwest of Pender. The grounds sit at about 1,437 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Susan La Flesche Picotte, Susette LaFlesche Tibbles and Rosalie La Flesche Farley. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 827171. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Josephs Cemetery, about 1.2 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Munderloh Funeral Home in Pender, about 11 mi away. It is one of 22 cemeteries we list in Cuming County, and 5 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Pender. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Bancroft Cemetery
Among them: 1 physician, 1 writer.
- Susan La Flesche Picotte1865-1915Omaha Native American, physician, and reformer
- Susette LaFlesche Tibbles1854-1903Native American writer, lecturer, interpreter and artist
- Rosalie La Flesche Farley1861-1900Native American feminist (1861-1900); child of Joseph LaFlesche
People whose Wikidata entry gives Bancroft 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
41.99753, -96.57426
What Bancroft 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 Josephs CemeteryOakland, NECemetery1.2 mi
- Lyons CemeteryOakland, NECemetery6.7 mi
- Covenant CemeteryPender, NECemetery7.5 mi
- Saint Marks CemeteryPender, NECemetery9.7 mi
- Pilcher CemeteryMacy, NECemetery9.8 mi
- Evergreen CemeteryMacy, NECemetery11 mi
- Dewitt CemeteryWest Point, NECemetery11 mi
- Rose Hill CemeteryPender, NECemetery11 mi
- Pioneer CemeteryOakland, NECemetery12 mi
- Saint Josephs CemeteryWest Point, NECemetery12 mi
Funeral homes near Bancroft Cemetery
- Munderloh Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Pender · (402) 385-3093
- Pelan Funeral Services13 miFuneral home · Oakland · (402) 685-5673
- Stokely Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · West Point · (402) 372-2967
- Kuzelka Minnick Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Beemer
- Minnick Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · West Point · (402) 372-2022
- Kuzelka Minnick Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Wisner · (402) 529-3588
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