About Friedens Lutheran Cemetery
Friedens Lutheran Cemetery is a lutheran cemetery near Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 5.2 mi southwest of Orwigsburg. The grounds sit at about 623 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2799195. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hamilton-Breiner Funeral Home in Orwigsburg, about 5.3 mi away. It is one of 228 cemeteries we list in Schuylkill County, and 96 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Orwigsburg. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.68822, -76.01080
What Friedens Lutheran 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
- Friedens Church CemeteryOrwigsburg, PALutheran cemetery0.0 mi
- Christ Church CemeteryOrwigsburg, PAChristian cemetery1.1 mi
- Calvary Evangelical United Methodist CemeteryTamaqua, PAMethodist cemetery3.3 mi
- Lewistown Union CemeteryNew Philadelphia, PACemetery3.3 mi
- Zion Church CemeteryNew Philadelphia, PAChurch cemetery3.3 mi
- Drehersville Evangelical CemeteryOrwigsburg, PACemetery3.6 mi
- St. Mary's Greek CatholicNew Philadelphia, PACatholic cemetery3.8 mi
- Kimmels Evangelical Free Church CemeteryOrwigsburg, PAChristian cemetery4.0 mi
- Zion United Methodist Church CemeteryTamaqua, PAMethodist cemetery4.3 mi
- Saint Bertha's CemeteryTamaqua, PAChristian cemetery4.7 mi
Funeral homes near Friedens Lutheran Cemetery
- Hamilton-Breiner Funeral Home5.3 miFuneral home · Orwigsburg · (570) 366-0521
- Thomas J. Bartashus Funeral Home6.0 miFuneral home · New Philadelphia
- Haus Bartashus Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc.6.0 miCremation provider · New Philadelphia · (570) 277-6941
- Hartman Funeral Home, Inc.7.6 miFuneral home · New Ringgold · (570) 386-1122
- Zizelmann Gulla Funeral Home and Cremation Services8.0 miFuneral home · Tamaqua · (570) 668-0390
- E. Franklin Griffiths Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc.8.1 miFuneral home · Tamaqua · (570) 668-2550
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Frequently asked questions
Is Friedens Lutheran 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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