About Rheems Mennonite Cemetery
Rheems Mennonite Cemetery is a mennonite and Amish cemetery near Rheems, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 1.2 mi southwest of Rheems. The grounds sit at about 466 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2801293. The nearest other listed cemetery is Kapp Cemetery, about 0.9 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Boyer Funeral Home Ltd in Elizabethtown, about 2.9 mi away. It is one of 608 cemeteries we list in Lancaster County, and 163 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, Rheems. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.13954, -76.55152
What Rheems Mennonite 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
- Kapp CemeteryRheems, PACemetery0.9 mi
- West Green Tree Brethren CemeteryRheems, PACemetery1.2 mi
- Eshleman GraveyardElizabethtown, PACemetery1.4 mi
- Sherer - Eichelberger Burial GroundMount Joy, PACemetery1.4 mi
- Mount Pleasant Brethren In Christ CemeteryMount Joy, PAMennonite and Amish cemetery1.9 mi
- Elizabethtown Mennonite CemeteryElizabethtown, PAMennonite and Amish cemetery2.0 mi
- Milton Grove CemeteryElizabethtown, PACemetery2.1 mi
- Heisey CemeteryRheems, PACemetery2.2 mi
- Church of the Brethren Memorial GardensElizabethtown, PAMemorial park2.3 mi
- Mount Tunnel CemeteryElizabethtown, PACemetery2.3 mi
Funeral homes near Rheems Mennonite Cemetery
- Boyer Funeral Home Ltd2.9 miFuneral home · Elizabethtown · (717) 367-1380
- Miller-Finkenbinder Funeral Home & Crematory3.1 miCremation provider · Elizabethtown · (717) 367-1543
- Buch Funeral Home, Inc.3.2 miFuneral home · Mount Joy · (717) 653-4371
- Sheetz Funeral Home, Inc.3.3 miFuneral home · Mount Joy · (717) 653-5441
- Smedley-Finkenbinder Funeral Home & Crematory5.7 miCremation provider · Marietta · (717) 426-3614
- Clyde W Kraft Funeral Home Inc7.7 miFuneral home · Columbia · (717) 684-2370
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Frequently asked questions
Is Rheems Mennonite Cemetery a Mennonite and Amish cemetery?
Our records list a Mennonite and Amish affiliation, based on its official name. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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