About Childs Jewish Cemetery
Childs Jewish Cemetery is a jewish cemetery near Mayfield, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 0.9 mi south of Mayfield. The grounds sit at about 1,010 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2799002. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Johns Russian Orthodox Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Oliver Shifler & Scotchlas Funeral Home Inc in Carbondale, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 188 cemeteries we list in Lackawanna County, and 116 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Mayfield. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.55023, -75.53075
What Childs Jewish 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 Johns Russian Orthodox CemeteryMayfield, PACatholic cemetery0.4 mi
- Calvary CemeteryMayfield, PACemetery0.5 mi
- Brookside CemeteryMayfield, PACemetery0.7 mi
- Sacred Heart of Jesus CemeteryJermyn, PACemetery1.7 mi
- St. Rose CemeteryCarbondale, PAChristian cemetery1.7 mi
- Saint Michael's Russian Orthodox CemeteryJermyn, PAOrthodox cemetery1.9 mi
- Saint Michael's Orthodox Cemetery (East Jermyn Cemetery)509 Hudson Street, Jermyn, PACatholic cemetery1.9 mi
- Jermyn CemeteryJermyn, PACemetery2.3 mi
- Jermyn Cemetery (Shadyside Cemetery)Jermyn, PACemetery2.3 mi
- Maplewood CemeteryCarbondale, PACemetery2.5 mi
Funeral homes near Childs Jewish Cemetery
- Oliver Shifler & Scotchlas Funeral Home Inc0.6 miFuneral home · Carbondale · (570) 282-3090
- Ryczak & Harrison Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Mayfield · (570) 876-1420
- Charles A. Battenberg Funeral Home1.9 miFuneral home · Jermyn
- Edward A Wade Funeral Home and Cremation Services2.1 miFuneral home · Carbondale · (570) 282-2250
- Simplicity Cremation Care of NEPA2.1 miCremation provider · Carbondale · (570) 282-4872
- Oliver R Shifler Funeral Home2.3 miFuneral home · Carbondale · (570) 282-1400
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Frequently asked questions
Is Childs Jewish Cemetery a Jewish cemetery?
Our records list a Jewish affiliation, based on its official name. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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