About Hess Family Cemetery
Hess Family Cemetery is a family cemetery near Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 1.2 mi west of Lititz. The grounds sit at about 374 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2801727. The nearest other listed cemetery is Witness Park Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the south. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Spacht-Snyder Family Funeral Home and Crematory in Lititz, about 1.2 mi away. It is one of 608 cemeteries we list in Lancaster County, and 270 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, Lititz. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.15452, -76.28449
What Hess Family 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
- Witness Park CemeteryLititz, PAChristian cemetery0.5 mi
- Revolutionary War MemorialLititz, PACemetery0.5 mi
- Hess Church GraveyardLititz, PAChurch cemetery0.6 mi
- Hess Mennonite CemeteryLititz, PAMennonite and Amish cemetery0.6 mi
- Moravian CemeteryLititz, PAChristian cemetery1.0 mi
- Huber Graveyard Number 2Lititz, PACemetery1.1 mi
- Saint James GraveyardLititz, PACemetery1.3 mi
- Machpelah CemeteryLititz, PACemetery1.3 mi
- Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church CemeteryLititz, PALutheran cemetery1.4 mi
- Trinity Evangelical Congregational Church CemeteryLititz, PAChurch cemetery1.4 mi
Funeral homes near Hess Family Cemetery
- Spacht-Snyder Family Funeral Home and Crematory1.2 miCremation provider · Lititz · (717) 626-2317
- Richard H Heisey Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Lititz · (717) 626-2464
- Cremation Services of Pennsylvania2.5 miCremation provider · Lititz · (717) 392-3900
- Cremation Services of Pennsylvania3.1 miCremation provider · Lititz · (717) 392-3900
- Charles F Snyder Funeral Home and Crematory3.2 miCremation provider · Manheim Twp · (717) 560-5100
- Stradling Funeral Home - Akron4.3 miFuneral home · Akron · (717) 859-1230
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Frequently asked questions
Is Hess Family Cemetery a Mennonite and Amish cemetery?
Our records list a Mennonite and Amish affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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