Shirk Reformed Mennonite Cemetery in Brownstown, Pennsylvania
About Shirk Reformed Mennonite Cemetery
Shirk Reformed Mennonite Cemetery is a mennonite and Amish cemetery near Brownstown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 0.8 mi southwest of Brownstown. The grounds sit at about 341 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2800788. The nearest other listed cemetery is Brownstown Evangelical Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Stradling Funeral Home - Akron in Akron, about 2.0 mi away. It is one of 608 cemeteries we list in Lancaster County, and 287 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Lancaster County dates to 1873. 3 of the 608 listings in Lancaster County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Brownstown. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.12952, -76.20130
What Shirk Reformed Mennonite 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
- Brownstown Evangelical CemeteryBrownstown, PACemetery0.5 mi
- Stock Family CemeteryAkron, PAFamily cemetery1.0 mi
- Forney Grave YardBrownstown, PACemetery1.1 mi
- Wohlfahrt CemeteryAkron, PACemetery1.2 mi
- Metzler Mennonite CemeteryAkron, PAMennonite and Amish cemetery1.3 mi
- Conestoga Old Order Mennonite Church CemeteryAkron, PAMennonite and Amish cemetery1.4 mi
- Carpenter Church CemeteryBrownstown, PAChurch cemetery1.4 mi
- Rupp Family CemeteryLeola, PAFamily cemetery1.5 mi
- Rupp CemeteryLeola, PACemetery1.5 mi
- Heiser GraveyardAkron, PACemetery1.5 mi
Funeral homes near Shirk Reformed Mennonite Cemetery
- Stradling Funeral Home - Akron2.0 miFuneral home · Akron · (717) 859-1230
- Furman Home For Funerals3.0 miFuneral home · Leola · (717) 656-6833
- Gravenor Sipler Funeral & Cremation Centre, Inc.3.7 miCremation provider · Ephrata · (717) 733-6181
- Stradling Funeral Homes Inc3.9 miFuneral home · Ephrata · (717) 733-2472
- Eitnier Memorials4.2 miMonument dealer · Ephrata · (717) 733-0808
- Cremation Services of Pennsylvania5.5 miCremation provider · Lititz · (717) 392-3900
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Frequently asked questions
Is Shirk Reformed Mennonite Cemetery a Mennonite and Amish cemetery?
Our records list a Mennonite and Amish affiliation, based on its official name. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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