About Desire Cemetery
Desire Cemetery is a cemetery near Sykesville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 3.6 mi northeast of Sykesville. The grounds sit at about 1,585 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2800720. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Jacobs Union Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Leo Nedza Funeral Home in Sykesville, about 3.8 mi away. It is one of 126 cemeteries we list in Jefferson County, and 82 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Sykesville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.02884, -78.88453
What Desire 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
- Saint Jacobs Union CemeterySykesville, PACemetery0.5 mi
- Paradise Community United Church of Christ CemeterySykesville, PAChurch cemetery0.9 mi
- Paradise Lutheran CemeterySykesville, PALutheran cemetery1.0 mi
- Syphrit CemeteryReynoldsville, PACemetery2.0 mi
- Davis CemeterySykesville, PACemetery2.4 mi
- Pifer CemeteryAlbion, PACemetery2.4 mi
- McCreight CemeterySykesville, PACemetery2.4 mi
- Assumption Cemetery - Soldier HillSykesville, PACemetery3.2 mi
- Holy Trinity Byzantine Catholic CemeterySykesville, PACatholic cemetery3.5 mi
- Lakelawn Memorial Park and MausoleumReynoldsville, PAMemorial park3.6 mi
Funeral homes near Desire Cemetery
- Leo Nedza Funeral Home3.8 miFuneral home · Sykesville · (814) 894-2230
- Brenda D Shumaker Funeral Home4.3 miFuneral home · Big Run · (814) 427-4358
- Brenda D. Shymaker Funeral Home4.3 miFuneral home · Albion
- Bernard P. Snyder Funeral Home4.8 miFuneral home · Reynoldsville · (814) 653-8256
- Bernard S, Snyder Funeral Home4.8 miFuneral home · Reynoldsville
- R D Brown Memorials7.3 miMonument dealer · Punxsutawney · (814) 938-2100
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