About Sterling Cemetery
Sterling Cemetery is a cemetery near Tecumseh, Johnson County, Nebraska. It lies about 11 mi southeast of Tecumseh. The grounds sit at about 1,234 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Betsy Baker. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 833813. The nearest other listed cemetery is Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, about 3.6 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Zink - Fox Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Sterling, about 1.0 mi away. It is one of 16 cemeteries we list in Johnson County, and 13 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Tecumseh. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Sterling Cemetery
- Betsy Baker1842-1955British-born American supercentenarian
People whose Wikidata entry gives Sterling 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
40.45861, -96.35862
What Sterling 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
- Immanuel Lutheran CemeteryTecumseh, NELutheran cemetery3.6 mi
- Saint Mary CemeteryTecumseh, NECemetery4.2 mi
- Hopewell CemeteryTecumseh, NECemetery5.2 mi
- Hopewell CemeteryTecumseh, NECemetery5.2 mi
- Hooker CemeteryTecumseh, NECemetery6.6 mi
- Vesta CemeteryTecumseh, NECemetery6.7 mi
- Helena CemeteryTecumseh, NECemetery6.8 mi
- Hope CemeterySyracuse, NECemetery7.3 mi
- Dughman CemeterySyracuse, NECemetery7.8 mi
- Highland CemeteryHickman, NECemetery8.5 mi
Funeral homes near Sterling Cemetery
- Zink - Fox Funeral Home & Cremation Services1.0 miFuneral home · Sterling · (402) 866-5391
- Fox Funeral Home8.1 miFuneral home · Adams · (402) 223-4096
- Wherry Mortuary11 miMortuary · Tecumseh · (402) 335-2921
- Fusselman-Allen-Harvey Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · Syracuse · (402) 269-2441
- Butherus-Maser & Love Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Hickman · (402) 792-2470
- Fox Funeral Home23 miFuneral home · Beatrice · (402) 223-4096
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