About Wood River Cemetery
Wood River Cemetery is a cemetery near Wood River, Hall County, Nebraska. It lies about 1.6 mi west of Wood River. The grounds sit at about 1,955 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Gladys M. Lux. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 834861. The nearest other listed cemetery is Alda Cemetery, about 5.6 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Apfel Funeral Home in Wood River, about 1.9 mi away. It is one of 12 cemeteries we list in Hall County, and 3 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Wood River. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Wood River Cemetery
Among them: 1 artist.
- Gladys M. Lux1899-2003American artist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Wood River 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
40.82196, -98.56979
What Wood River 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
- Alda CemeteryGrand Island, NECemetery5.6 mi
- Campbell CemeteryGrand Island, NECemetery8.9 mi
- Berwick CemeteryGrand Island, NECemetery9.8 mi
- Rosedale CemeteryHastings, NECemetery10 mi
- Westlawn Memorial CemeteryGrand Island, NECemetery11 mi
- Cedar View CemeteryGrand Island, NEChurch cemetery11 mi
- Concordia CemeteryHastings, NECemetery12 mi
- Grand Island CemeteryGrand Island, NECemetery12 mi
- Mount Pleasant Cemetery15143 West White Cloud Road, Cairo, NECemetery12 mi
- Nebraska Veterans Home CemeteryGrand Island, NEVeterans cemetery13 mi
Funeral homes near Wood River Cemetery
- Apfel Funeral Home1.9 miFuneral home · Wood River · (308) 583-2721
- Livingston-Sondermann Funeral Home and Cremation Services11 miFuneral home · Grand Island · (308) 382-7070
- Desch Paine Memorials11 miMonument dealer · Grand Island · (308) 384-2422
- Apfel Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Cairo · (308) 384-0590
- Curran Funeral Chapel13 miFuneral chapel · Grand Island · (308) 384-8862
- All Faiths Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Grand Island · (308) 398-2929
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