Saint Johns Cemetery in Reading, Pennsylvania
Also known as St. John's German Lutheran Cemetery
About Saint Johns Cemetery
Saint Johns Cemetery is a lutheran cemetery near Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 0.9 mi northwest of Reading. The grounds sit at about 367 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2487683. The nearest funeral home we know of is Kopicki-Bradley Funeral Home in Reading, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 256 cemeteries we list in Berks County, and 112 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, Reading. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.32706, -75.91307
What Saint Johns 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
- Trinity Lutheran CemeteryReading, PALutheran cemetery0.1 mi
- Saint Peters Catholic CemeteryReading, PACatholic cemetery0.2 mi
- Aulenbach CemeteryMount Penn, PACemetery0.9 mi
- Fix - Gerber - Bitting CemeteryReading, PACemetery1.0 mi
- Hoch CemeteryKenhorst, PACemetery1.5 mi
- Hoch-High CemeteryKenhorst, PACemetery1.5 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryKenhorst, PACemetery1.5 mi
- Bernardine Sisters CemeteryKenhorst, PACemetery1.6 mi
- Forest Hills Memorial Park391 West Neversink Road, Reading, PAMemorial park1.6 mi
- Welsh Baptist Meeting House Burial GroundWest Reading, PABaptist cemetery1.9 mi
Funeral homes near Saint Johns Cemetery
- Kopicki-Bradley Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Reading · (610) 372-1730
- Gallman-Sonoski Funeral Home, Inc.0.5 miFuneral home · Reading · (610) 373-4653
- Lutz Funeral Home Inc0.9 miFuneral home · Reading · (610) 376-7121
- Whelan Schwartz Funeral Home, Inc1.1 miFuneral home · Reading · (610) 374-0962
- Henninger Funeral Home Inc1.1 miFuneral home · Reading · (610) 373-4500
- Harris Funeral Home1.5 miFuneral home · Reading · (610) 372-5454
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Frequently asked questions
Is Saint Johns Cemetery a Lutheran cemetery?
Our records list a Lutheran 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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