About Riverview Cemetery
Riverview Cemetery is a cemetery near Northumberland, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. The grounds sit at about 587 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 9 notable people buried here, including Joseph Priestley, Theodore Van Kirk and Henry L. Cake. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1209255. The nearest other listed cemetery is Over flow Cemetary, about 0.2 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Joseph W Epler Funeral Home in Northumberland, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 39 cemeteries we list in Northumberland County, and 27 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Northumberland. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Riverview Cemetery
Among them: 2 US representatives, 2 World War II veterans, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 Revolutionary War veteran, 1 scientist, 1 writer.
- Joseph Priestley1733-1804English chemist, theologian, educator, and political theorist
- Theodore Van Kirk1921-2014American Air Force navigator; recipient of the Silver Star
- Henry L. Cake1827-1899Union United States Army officer
- John Vandling Lesher1866-1932American politician
- Uzal Girard Ent1900-1948US Army Air Force general
- John Bull1731-1824General during the American Revolution
- Franklin Greenwood Gover Jr.1901-1940Husband of Helen Yarnell Nagle
- Mary Jerusha Kerlin1875-1956Wife of Franklin George Gover
- Joseph Rayner Priestley1793-1863
People whose Wikidata entry gives Riverview 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
40.89899, -76.80167
What Riverview 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
- Over flow CemetaryNorthumberland, PACemetery0.2 mi
- Pomfret Manor CemeterySunbury, PACemetery2.4 mi
- Orchard Hills CemeteryShamokin Dam, PACemetery3.0 mi
- Saint Lukes CemeterySunbury, PACemetery4.6 mi
- Ebenezer CemeteryLinntown, PACemetery5.2 mi
- Center Lutheran Church CemeteryMilton, PALutheran cemetery5.5 mi
- Guier CemeteryLewisburg, PACemetery5.8 mi
- Lewisburg CemeteryLewisburg, PACemetery6.1 mi
- Saint Johns CemeterySunbury, PACemetery6.4 mi
- Northumberland Memorial ParkTrevorton, PAMemorial park7.2 mi
Funeral homes near Riverview Cemetery
- Joseph W Epler Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Northumberland · (570) 473-3098
- Gotlob-Campbell Funeral & Cremation Service, Inc.2.6 miCremation provider · Sunbury · (570) 286-0311
- David Zweier Funeral Home Inc2.7 miFuneral home · Sunbury · (570) 286-1151
- Cronrath-Grenoble Funeral Home6.1 miFuneral home · Lewisburg · (570) 524-5031
- John H. Shaw III Funeral Home6.3 miFuneral home · Lewisburg · (570) 524-0320
- V.L. Seebold Funeral Home7.1 miFuneral home · Selinsgrove · (570) 374-4131
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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