About Riverside Cemetery
Riverside Cemetery is a cemetery near Pierre, Hughes County, South Dakota. It lies about 2.2 mi west of Pierre. The grounds sit at about 1,539 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 8 notable people buried here, including Angela Aames, Charles Henry Burke and Mary Noyes Farr. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1257404. The nearest other listed cemetery is Fighting Stallions Memorial, about 1.9 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Isburg Funeral Home in Pierre, about 2.4 mi away. It is one of 11 cemeteries we list in Hughes County, and 5 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Pierre. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Riverside Cemetery
Among them: 1 actor, 1 physician, 1 US representative, 1 writer.
- Angela Aames1956-1988American actress
- Charles Henry Burke1861-1944American politician
- Mary Noyes Farr1853-1938American osteopathic physician, educator, clubwoman and suffragist
- William M. Blackburn1828-1898American minister, church historian and educator
- Byron S. Payne1876-194910th Attorney General of South Dakota
- Frank M. Rood1856-1945
- Henrietta Larsen1894-1976
- Lawrence Riggs1889-1988American music professor
People whose Wikidata entry gives Riverside 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
44.36081, -100.30762
What Riverside 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
- Fighting Stallions MemorialPierre, SDCemetery1.9 mi
- Saint Peter and Paul Catholic Church CemeteryPierre, SDCatholic cemetery2.1 mi
- Calvary CemeteryPierre, SDCemetery4.7 mi
- Cedar Hill CemeteryFort Pierre, SDCemetery4.8 mi
- Scotty Philip CemeteryPierre, SDCemetery5.5 mi
- Lone Grave Cemetery (historical)Pierre, SDCemetery12 mi
- Canning CemeteryPierre, SDCemetery14 mi
- Holy Name Chapel CemeteryPierre, SDChurch cemetery15 mi
Funeral homes near Riverside Cemetery
- Pierre Monument Company2.4 miMonument dealer · Pierre · (605) 224-4980
- Isburg Funeral Home2.4 miFuneral home · Pierre · (605) 224-8836
- Feigum Funeral Home2.8 miFuneral home · Pierre · (605) 224-4902
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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