About Sterling Lutheran Cemetery
Sterling Lutheran Cemetery is a lutheran cemetery near Brookings, Brookings County, South Dakota. It lies about 5.8 mi southeast of Brookings. The grounds sit at about 1,654 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2773577. The nearest other listed cemetery is Deer Creek Cemetery, about 2.1 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Rude's Funeral Home in Brookings, about 6.6 mi away. It is one of 35 cemeteries we list in Brookings County, and 18 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Brookings. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
44.38470, -96.85453
What Sterling 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
- Deer Creek CemeteryBrookings, SDCemetery2.1 mi
- Scandinavian Lutheran CemeteryBrookings, SDLutheran cemetery2.5 mi
- Elmwood CemeteryVolga, SDCemetery3.9 mi
- Kirby CemeteryVolga, SDCemetery5.3 mi
- Hillside CemeteryVolga, SDCemetery5.7 mi
- Trinity CemeteryVolga, SDCemetery5.9 mi
- Sterling Methodist CemeteryBrookings, SDMethodist cemetery6.0 mi
- Saint Petri CemeteryBrookings, SDCemetery6.0 mi
- First Lutheran CemeteryVolga, SDLutheran cemetery6.1 mi
- First Lutheran CemeteryBrookings, SDLutheran cemetery6.1 mi
Funeral homes near Sterling Lutheran Cemetery
- Rude's Funeral Home6.6 miFuneral home · Brookings · (605) 692-6221
- Eidsness Funeral and Cremation Services6.9 miCremation provider · Brookings · (605) 692-6384
- Geise Funeral Chapel13 miFuneral chapel · Estelline · (605) 873-2211
- Johnson-Henry Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Arlington · (605) 983-5511
- Eidsness Funeral Chapel21 miFuneral chapel · Flandreau
- Skroch Funeral Chapel21 miFuneral chapel · Elkton · (605) 997-2431
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Frequently asked questions
Is Sterling 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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