About Mountain View Cemetery
Mountain View Cemetery is a cemetery in Reno, Washoe County, Nevada. The grounds sit at about 4,642 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 122 notable people buried here, including Dawn Wells, Pat McCarran and George A. Bartlett. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 842282. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hillside Cemetary, about 1.4 mi to the northeast. The nearest mortuary we know of is Mountain View Mortuary in Reno, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 15 cemeteries we list in Washoe County, and 8 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 15 listings in Washoe County have a phone number or website on record.
Notable people buried at Mountain View Cemetery
Among them: 12 physicians, 7 scientists, 3 US representatives, 2 actors, 2 journalists, 2 writers, 1 football player, 1 governor.
- Dawn Wells1938-2020American actress
- Pat McCarran1876-1954American politician
- George A. Bartlett1869-1951American politician
- Richard Kirman, Sr.1877-1959American politician
- Charles L. Richards1877-1953American politician
- Edwin E. Roberts1870-1933American politician
- Velma Bronn Johnston1912-1977American wild horse advocate
- Arthur Wellesley1890-1962British actor, peer
- Jeanne Elizabeth Wier1870-1950United States teacher and historian
- Procter Ralph Hug, Jr.1931-2019United States federal judge
- Rick Kane1954-2009American football player
- Virginia Coffman1914-2005American author
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- Alfred Doten1829-1903American journalist and diarist
- Bob Kerns1930-1991American politician
- Edna Jackson Carver1868-1954US physician
- Jake Lawlor1907-1980American football coach
- John Gregovich1847-1912Austrian American politician
- Otto Haas1887-1976Austrian paleontologist
- A. Jack Dieringer1925-2020Fisheries administrator
- Adolf Rosenauer1922-2006Physician
- Albin J. Dahl1918-2000Economic historian
- Alden J. Plumley1905-1996Economist
- Alessandro Dandini1899-1991Italian count and professor of foreign languages
- Andrew Morby1906-2007Linguistic scholar
- Archibald Edwards Turner1868-1923Professor of oral English
- Bertha Cohen1876-1963American suffragist and secretary to the governor of Nevada
- Beulah Hershiser Leonard1882-1966Assistant in history
- Burton Horowitz1955-2003Pharmacology researcher
- Calvin H. Reed1914-1993Professor of education
- Carol Bullis-Echeverria1909-1988American educator and realtor
- Charles F. McCuskey1893-1980Physician
- Charles F. Speth1937-1987Animal science researcher
- Charles Haseman1880-1931American professor of mathematics
- Clarence E. Byrd1903-1966Academic administrator
- Dale W. Bohmont1922-2006Agricultural scientist
- David B. Meadows1912-1998American pastor and civil rights activist
- David H. Mathis1929-2010Journalist
- Dennis T. Trexler1940-2008Geologist
- Donald G. Cooney1918-2007American professor of biology
- Donna Belle Pampel Foard1925-2020American musician and editor
- Echo Loder1869-1953Matron of artemisia hall
- Edward G. Sutherland1888-1955American professor of economics, business and sociology
- Edwin C. Mulcahy1885-1949American newspaper publisher and politician
- Edwin S. Dodson1921-1984Professor of education
- Emma Mack1866-1947American suffragist and clubwoman
- F. Dean Bradley1883-1927Mining official and educator
- Felton Hickman1905-1976Professor of music
- Florence Lehners1919-1995Assistant in education
- Frances Gertrude Friedhoff1895-1958American politician and clubwoman
- Fred A. Ryser Jr.1920-2011American professor of biology
- Fred J. Collins1911-1977Professor of economics
- Gene A. Llewellyn1924-2006Physician
- George A. Cann1901-1972Physician
- George H. Greenberg1940-1994Physician
- George M. Basta1917-2003Professor of military science
- George Wallace Sears1878-1961American professor of chemistry
- George Whiteley1882-1939American politician
- George Zappettini1921-2006Forester
- Gordon Lymbery1949-1997Range management researcher
- H. Henry Rock1920-2014Physician
- Hernando J. Woods, Jr.1921-2001Professor of English
- Inez Casale Stempeck1927-2020American restaurant owner
- Irving Jesse Sandorf1902-1992American professor of electrical engineering
- J. B. Clinedinst1874-1946American labor union organizer
- Janet Holcomb Hunter1918-2001American educator and community activist
- Jim Jeffers, Jr.1933-2020Academic administrator
- Joe Eugene Moose1895-1981Chemist
- John A. Bailey1929-2012American professor of counseling and education
- John L. Carrico1918-1979Professor of music
- John M. Edmiston1922-2019Physician
- John M. Townley1932-1994Historian
- John R. Gottardi1899-1991American language professor
- John W. Erwin1924-2013Geophysicist
- Joseph H. Robertson1906-1998Range management researcher
- LaMar R. Smith1923-1994Librarian
- LeGrand Walker1905-1976Professor of animal husbandry
- Lon S. McGirk, Jr.1912-1982Geologist
- Loren C. Belknap1919-1973Sociologist
- Louie A. Gardella1908-2002Cooperative extension agent
- Louise M. Sissa1865-1947Registrar
- Lowell J. Peterson1912-1995Physician
- Lydia Piscevich1919-1976American nurse
- Mabelle King Kirman1878-1947Wife of Nevada governor Richard Kirman
- Marlene Sonju Chrissinger1936-1999Social work researcher
- Marshall A. Guisti1907-2000American civic leader
- Martin P. Geraghty1886-1946American politician and prison guard
- Marvel Ranson Guisti1912-1979American educator and political activist
- Mary Louise McGirk1924-1991Professor of physical education
- Mary Ludmilla McCarran1906-1966American Catholic nun and art expert
- Mead Dixon1919-1993American lawyer
- Milan J. Webster1882-1974American professor of economics, business and sociology
- Molly Flagg Knudtsen1915-2001American cattle rancher and educator
- Olga Kipanidze1897-1976Russian American anesthesiologist
- Paul S. Clark1940-2012Physician
- Peter Rowe1912-1984Physician
- Rachel L. Struve1915-2014Educator
- Ray G. Knickerbocker1890-1965Instructor in metallurgy
- Richard C. Inskip1937-2016Physician
- Richard N. Peaden1928-2008Agronomist
- Richard O. Meeuwig1927-2018Watershed management researcher
- Robert A. Fairman1913-1989Tennis coach
- Robert C. Weems, Jr.1910-2009American professor of business and academic administrator
- Robert E. Petrini1931-1959Editor
- Robert H. Ruf, Jr.1932-2005Professor of agronomy and range management
- Robert Mauro Brambila1876-1964American professor of military science
- Robert McQueen1925-2012American professor of psychology
- Russell R. Elliott1912-1998Historian
- Sessions S. Wheeler1911-1998American geographer
- Stanley Gustavus Palmer1887-1975American professor of electrical engineering
- T. Vernon Frazier1921-2004American professor of physics
- Teddy R. Tower1931-1994Professor of education
- Terrill J. Kramer1932-1994Geographer
- Thomas Edsall1895-1918American military cadet
- Thomas W. Cowgill1854-1911Professor of languages
- Victor Elwin Spencer1893-1984American professor of agriculture
- Walter C. Wilson1908-2006Resource economics researcher
- Wayne B. Adams1893-1954Food chemist
- Wilbur David May1898-1982
- Wilbur S. Shepperson1919-1991American historian
- William C. Behrens1924-2006Cooperative extension specialist
- William G. Greathouse1862-1937Nevada secretary of state
- William J. Cashill1914-1960American politician and lawyer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Mountain View 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
39.52410, -119.84259
What Mountain View 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
- Hillside CemetaryReno, NVCemetery1.4 mi
- Knights of Pythias CemetaryReno, NVCemetery1.4 mi
- Hebrew CemeteryReno, NVJewish cemetery1.5 mi
- Grand Army of the Republic CemeteryReno, NVCemetery1.5 mi
- Hebrew Cemetery Entrance GateReno, NVJewish cemetery1.5 mi
- Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic CemeteryReno, NVCatholic cemetery2.2 mi
- Huffaker CemeteryReno, NVCemetery7.1 mi
- Crystal Peak Cemetery445 Dog Valley Road, Verdi, NVCemetery8.3 mi
- Whispering Pines CemeteryReno, NVCemetery11 mi
Funeral homes near Mountain View Cemetery
- Mountain View Mortuary0.2 miMortuary · Reno · (775) 788-2199
- Final Wishes Funeral Home0.2 miFuneral home · Reno · (775) 327-4377
- Walton's Funerals & Cremations - Sierra Chapel1.0 miFuneral home · Reno · (775) 323-7189
- Walton's Funerals & Cremations - O'brien-rogers & Crosby Funeral1.1 miFuneral home · Reno · (775) 323-6191
- Truckee Meadows Cremation & Burial2.1 miCremation provider · Reno · (775) 324-4611
- Cremation Society of Nevada - Affinity2.1 miCremation provider · Reno · (775) 322-9200
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Frequently asked questions
Where is Mountain View Cemetery located?
Mountain View Cemetery is at 435 Stoker Avenue, Reno, NV 89503 in Washoe County. GPS coordinates: 39.52410, -119.84259.
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