About Petersen Cemetery
Petersen Cemetery is a cemetery near Burke, Gregory County, South Dakota. It lies about 7.6 mi southwest of Burke. The grounds sit at about 2,024 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2773699. The nearest other listed cemetery is Lucas Catholic Cemetery, about 3.9 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Clausen Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Burke, about 7.5 mi away. It is one of 34 cemeteries we list in Gregory County, and 5 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Burke. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
43.25529, -99.17802
What Petersen 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
- Lucas Catholic CemeteryBurke, SDCatholic cemetery3.9 mi
- Lucas CemeteryBurke, SDCemetery3.9 mi
- Graceland CemeteryBurke, SDCemetery7.9 mi
- Sacred Heart CemeteryBurke, SDCemetery9.2 mi
- Cournoyer CemeteryGregory, SDCemetery9.8 mi
- Herrick CemeteryBurke, SDCemetery10 mi
- West Trinity Lutheran ChurchPlatte, SDLutheran cemetery11 mi
- County Home CemeteryBurke, SDCemetery11 mi
- Castalia CemeteryPlatte, SDCemetery13 mi
- Saint Joseph CemeteryGregory, SDCemetery13 mi
Funeral homes near Petersen Cemetery
- Clausen Funeral Home & Cremation Services7.5 miFuneral home · Burke · (605) 775-2625
- Kotrba-smith Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Gregory · (605) 835-9111
- Mount-Smith Funeral Home19 miFuneral home · Platte · (605) 337-3857
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