Writers and poets buried in Nebraska
Wikidata records 23 writers as buried in 12 of the cemeteries we list in Nebraska. Wyuka Cemetery in Lincoln holds the most, with 6. Nebraska has the 36th highest count of any state, out of 6,032 nationally.
People recorded as writers, novelists, poets, playwrights or screenwriters.
Map of cemeteries
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
Writers and poets buried in Nebraska
- Martha Poland Thurston1849-1898American social leader, philanthropist, writerProspect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, NE
- Susette LaFlesche Tibbles1854-1903Native American writer, lecturer, interpreter and artistBancroft Cemetery, Pender, NE
- Ophelia Clenlans1841-1907American activist, journalistForest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, NE
- Friedrich Hedde1818-1908Grand Island Cemetery, Grand Island, NE
- Angie F. Newman1837-1910American church worker, lecturer, writer, editorWyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, NE
- Lucius Adelno Sherman1847-1933American literary scholarForest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, NE
- James Curtis Mahan1840-1935Indiana author 1840-1935Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, NE
- Dan Voorhees Stephens1868-1939American politicianRidge Cemetery, Fremont, NE
- Winona Branch Sawyer1847-1939American writerWyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, NE
- Edith Abbott1876-1957American economistGrand Island Cemetery, Grand Island, NE
- N. C. Abbott1874-1960American writer and educatorEvergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Ralston, NE
- Martha Groves McKelvie1886-1976American writer and criticWyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, NE
- Walter Francis Wright1912-1990American literary scholar and university teacherWyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, NE
- Nellie Snyder Yost1905-1992American historianFort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, NE
- Robert L. Carlisle1920-1998Prospect View Cemetery, Pierce, NE
- Bernard Palmer1914-1998American author of Christian juvenile fictionPrairie Home Cemetery, Holdrege, NE
- Treva Adams Strait1909-2002Fairview Cemetery, Scottsbluff, NE
- William Louis Rush1955-2004American disability rights advocateForest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, NE
- Neal Schupbach1957-2007Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, NE
- Billie Lee Snyder Thornburg1912-2009American writerFort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, NE
- Charles M. Pallesen, Jr.1937-2011American lawyerRiverside Cemetery, Crete, NE
- Margaret Lawrence1945-2012American novelist, screenwriter, and playwrightRidge Cemetery, Fremont, NE
- Gale Sayers1943-2020American professional football playerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, NE
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Deaths by decade
- 1890s1
- 1900s3
- 1910s1
- 1930s4
- 1950s1
- 1960s1
- 1970s1
- 1990s4
- 2000s4
- 2010s2
- 2020s1
By recorded year of death, for the 23 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Wyuka Cemetery · Lincoln, NE6
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park · Omaha, NE4
- Fort McPherson National Cemetery · Maxwell, NE2
- Ridge Cemetery · Fremont, NE2
- Grand Island Cemetery · Grand Island, NE2
- Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery · Ralston, NE1
- Prospect Hill Cemetery · Omaha, NE1
- Prairie Home Cemetery · Holdrege, NE1
- Fairview Cemetery · Scottsbluff, NE1
- Bancroft Cemetery · Pender, NE1
- Prospect View Cemetery · Pierce, NE1
- Riverside Cemetery · Crete, NE1
Other notable burials in Nebraska
How this list is made
A person is on this list when their Wikidata entry gives a cemetery we list as their place of burial and also carries the statement this list is built on. We do not add anyone by judgment, so the list reflects how complete Wikidata is: some people are missing, and burial places can be disputed.
Names, years and descriptions are shown as Wikidata records them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists.