About Greenwood Cemetery
Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Wayne, Wayne County, Nebraska. It lies about 0.6 mi southeast of Wayne. The grounds sit at about 1,539 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including John Henry Kyl, Fred G. Dale and Jim Morrison. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 829688. The nearest other listed cemetery is LaPorte Cemetery, about 4.1 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hasemann Funeral Home in Wayne, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 8 cemeteries we list in Wayne County, and 4 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Wayne. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Greenwood Cemetery
Among them: 1 football player, 1 journalist, 1 US representative.
- John Henry Kyl1919-2002American politician
- Fred G. Dale1896-1967American football player/coach and professor
- Jim Morrison1898-1951American sports coach, athletic director, and educator
- Elsa Vaught1883-1972
- Glenn Gildersleeve1894-1970Music educator, school music administrator, and author
People whose Wikidata entry gives Greenwood 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
42.23726, -97.02642
What Greenwood 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
- LaPorte CemeteryWayne, NECemetery4.1 mi
- Wakefield CemeteryWakefield, NECemetery8.0 mi
- Elmwood CemeteryWayne, NECemetery8.9 mi
- Pleasant View CemeteryWayne, NECemetery9.6 mi
- Concord CemeteryWayne, NECemetery11 mi
- Pleasant Valley CemeteryPender, NECemetery12 mi
- Saint Annes CemeteryWayne, NECemetery13 mi
- Immanuel CemeteryNorfolk, NECemetery13 mi
- Laurel CemeteryWayne, NECemetery13 mi
- Pilger CemeteryWisner, NECemetery15 mi
Funeral homes near Greenwood Cemetery
- Hasemann Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Wayne · (402) 375-3100
- Thompson Chapel Funeral Home8.7 miFuneral home · Wakefield · (402) 287-2633
- Kuzelka Minnick Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Wisner · (402) 529-3588
- Munderloh Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Pender · (402) 385-3093
- Kuzelka Minnick Funeral Home24 miFuneral home · Beemer
- Home for Funerals Chapel24 miFuneral home · Norfolk · (402) 371-3330
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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