About Alsace Lutheran Church Cemetery
Alsace Lutheran Church Cemetery is a lutheran cemetery near Hyde Park, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 0.7 mi northwest of Hyde Park. The grounds sit at about 367 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Sarah Shearer and Dick Gernert. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2775867. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Michaels Convent Cemetery, about 0.9 mi to the north. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Reading Cremation Society in Reading, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 256 cemeteries we list in Berks County, and 119 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Berks County dates to 1846. 2 of the 256 listings in Berks County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Hyde Park. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Alsace Lutheran Church Cemetery
Among them: 1 baseball player, 1 business leader.
- Sarah Shearer1848-1909American brothel-owner
- Dick Gernert1928-2017American baseball player and coach
People whose Wikidata entry gives Alsace Lutheran Church 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
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What Alsace Lutheran Church 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
- Saint Michaels Convent CemeteryLaureldale, PACemetery0.9 mi
- Charles Evans Cemetery1119 Centre Avenue, Reading, PA · est. 1846Church cemetery1.1 mi
- Gethsemane Cemetery3139 Kutztown Road, Laureldale, PACemetery1.1 mi
- Good Shepherd CemeterySouth Temple, PACemetery2.6 mi
- Kissingers CemeteryGreenfields, PACemetery2.7 mi
- Laureldale CemeteryTemple, PACemetery2.8 mi
- Trinity Lutheran CemeteryReading, PALutheran cemetery2.9 mi
- Saint Johns CemeteryReading, PALutheran cemetery2.9 mi
- Saint Peters Catholic CemeteryReading, PACatholic cemetery2.9 mi
- Aulenbach CemeteryMount Penn, PACemetery3.0 mi
Funeral homes near Alsace Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Reading Cremation Society0.7 miCremation provider · Reading · (610) 750-5057
- Bean Funeral Homes & Cremation Services0.7 miFuneral home · Reading · (610) 376-0985
- Sanders Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc.0.8 miFuneral home · Reading · (610) 372-1624
- Stitzel Family Funeral Homes & Crematory, Inc.1.2 miCremation provider · Reading · (610) 929-3693
- Cramp-Hummel Funeral Home1.5 miFuneral home · Reading · (610) 375-4337
- John P. Feeney Funeral Home, Inc.1.7 miFuneral home · Reading · (610) 372-4160
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Frequently asked questions
Is Alsace Lutheran Church Cemetery a Lutheran cemetery?
Our records list a Lutheran affiliation, based on its official name. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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