About Gates of Heaven Memorial Cemetery
Gates of Heaven Memorial Cemetery is a cemetery near Converse, Bexar County, Texas. It lies about 3.7 mi north of Converse. The grounds sit at about 669 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Percy Sutton. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1336436. The nearest other listed cemetery is Lieck Family Cemetery, about 2.4 mi to the southwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Chapel Hill Funeral Home, Memorial Park & Crematory in San Antonio, about 3.9 mi away. It is one of 163 cemeteries we list in Bexar County, and 51 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 9 of the 163 listings in Bexar County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Converse. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Gates of Heaven Memorial Cemetery
Among them: 1 aviator or astronaut.
- Percy Sutton1920-2009American politician in New York
People whose Wikidata entry gives Gates of Heaven Memorial 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
29.46718, -98.29668
What Gates of Heaven Memorial 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
- Lieck Family CemeteryChina Grove, TXFamily cemetery2.4 mi
- Hermano CemeteryConverse, TXCemetery2.7 mi
- San Pedro CemeteryConverse, TXCemetery2.7 mi
- Kempin CemeterySchertz, TXCemetery3.2 mi
- Chapel Hill Memorial ParkConverse, TXMemorial park3.9 mi
- Saint Jeromes CemeteryChina Grove, TXCemetery4.7 mi
- Fischer-Schertz CemeteryUniversal City, TXCemetery5.3 mi
- Schertz CemeterySchertz, TXCemetery5.6 mi
- Edens CemeteryUniversal City, TXCemetery5.9 mi
- Meadowlawn Memorial ParkChina Grove, TXMemorial park5.9 mi
Funeral homes near Gates of Heaven Memorial Cemetery
- Chapel Hill Funeral Home, Memorial Park & Crematory3.9 miCremation provider · San Antonio · (210) 599-2035
- Bell & Bell Funeral Home And Cremations4.6 miFuneral home · San Antonio · (210) 657-2273
- Collins Funeral Home4.6 miFuneral home · San Antonio · (210) 263-3816
- Colonial Funeral Home5.8 miFuneral home · Universal City · (210) 401-0376
- Funeral Caring USA6.2 miFuneral home · San Antonio · (210) 822-4445
- Funeral Caring USA6.5 miFuneral home · San Antonio · (210) 822-4445
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