About Good Shepherd Cemetery
Good Shepherd Cemetery is a cemetery near South Temple, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 0.9 mi east of South Temple. The grounds sit at about 322 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Christopher Shearer. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2488723. The nearest other listed cemetery is Laureldale Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Milkins Trymbiski Funeral Home in Temple, about 1.0 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, South Temple. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Good Shepherd Cemetery
Among them: 1 artist.
- Christopher Shearer1840-1926American artist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Good Shepherd 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
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What Good Shepherd 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
- Laureldale CemeteryTemple, PACemetery0.4 mi
- Koenig CemeteryFox Chase, PACemetery1.0 mi
- Gethsemane Cemetery3139 Kutztown Road, Laureldale, PACemetery1.7 mi
- Rickenbach CemeteryLeesport, PACemetery1.7 mi
- Saint Michaels Convent CemeteryLaureldale, PACemetery1.9 mi
- Eplers Church CemeteryFox Chase, PAChurch cemetery2.4 mi
- Alsace Lutheran Church CemeteryHyde Park, PALutheran cemetery2.6 mi
- Deppen CemeterySpring Ridge, PACemetery3.0 mi
- Charles Evans Cemetery1119 Centre Avenue, Reading, PA · est. 1846Church cemetery3.3 mi
- Leesport CemeteryLeesport, PACemetery3.5 mi
Funeral homes near Good Shepherd Cemetery
- Milkins Trymbiski Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Temple · (610) 921-3121
- Kuhn Funeral Home & Crematory1.2 miCremation provider · Temple · (610) 921-2225
- Stitzel Family Funeral Homes & Crematory, Inc.1.5 miCremation provider · Reading · (610) 929-3693
- Reading Cremation Society2.0 miCremation provider · Reading · (610) 750-5057
- Bednar Funeral Home, Inc.2.9 miFuneral home · Temple · (610) 741-6993
- Bean Funeral Homes & Cremation Services3.1 miFuneral home · Reading · (610) 376-0985
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