About Orting Cemetery
Orting Cemetery is a cemetery near Orting, Pierce County, Washington. It lies about 1.8 mi northeast of Orting. The grounds sit at about 528 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: John Warden. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1507208. The nearest other listed cemetery is Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Curnow Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Graham, about 2.8 mi away. It is one of 36 cemeteries we list in Pierce County, and 8 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Pierce County dates to 1917. 2 of the 36 listings in Pierce County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Orting. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Orting Cemetery
Among them: 1 Civil War veteran, 1 Medal of Honor recipient.
- John Warden1841-1906Union Army Medal of Honor recipient
People whose Wikidata entry gives Orting 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
47.07899, -122.23177
What Orting 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
- Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery19327 Orting Kapowsin Highway East, Orting, WACemetery0.3 mi
- Woodbine CemeteryPuyallup, WACemetery7.1 mi
- Carbonado CemetaryCrocker, WACemetery8.1 mi
- Sumner CemeteryNorth Puyallup, WACemetery8.7 mi
- Sumner Pioneer CemeterySumner, WACemetery8.8 mi
- Woodlawn Abbey Mausoleum and ColumbariumNorth Puyallup, WACemetery8.8 mi
- Fir Lane Memorial Park and FuneralSpanaway, WAMemorial park8.9 mi
- Trinity Lutherian Cemetery13614 8th Avenue East, Tacoma, WACemetery9.7 mi
- Buckley CemeteryBuckley, WACemetery12 mi
- Henry Smith CemeteryElk Plain, WACemetery12 mi
Funeral homes near Orting Cemetery
- Curnow Funeral Home & Cremation Service2.8 miFuneral home · Graham · (253) 200-1282
- Smart Cremation8.0 miCremation provider · Puyallup · (844) 305-4531
- Puyallup Affordable Cremation8.2 miCremation provider · Puyallup
- Hill Funeral Home & Cremation Services8.2 miFuneral home · Puyallup · (253) 200-0809
- Tuell-McKee Funeral Home Puyallup8.2 miFuneral home · Puyallup · (253) 845-5090
- Valley Burial & Cremation8.2 miCremation provider · Puyallup · (253) 447-7300
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