About Pilot Butte Cemetery
Pilot Butte Cemetery is a cemetery near Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon. It lies about 1.4 mi west of Bend. The grounds sit at about 3,652 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Vernon A. Forbes and John H. Rosswog. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1147674. The nearest other listed cemetery is Greenwood Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the north. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Niswonger-Reynolds Funeral Home and Crematory in Bend, about 1.1 mi away. It is one of 12 cemeteries we list in Deschutes County, and 3 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Bend. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Pilot Butte Cemetery
- Vernon A. Forbes1883-1918American attorney and politician
- John H. Rosswog1904-1982American merchant
People whose Wikidata entry gives Pilot Butte 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
44.05420, -121.28857
What Pilot Butte 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.
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Funeral homes near Pilot Butte Cemetery
- Niswonger-Reynolds Funeral Home and Crematory1.1 miCremation provider · Bend · (541) 382-2471
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- Autumn Funerals4.5 miFuneral home · Bend · (541) 318-0842
- Redmond Memorial Chapel16 miFuneral chapel · Redmond · (541) 548-3219
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