About Downs Cemetery
Downs Cemetery is a cemetery near Ritzville, Lincoln County, Washington. It lies about 16 mi south of Ritzville. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hillcrest Cemetary, about 10 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Danekas Funeral Home in Ritzville, about 16 mi away. It is one of 22 cemeteries we list in Lincoln County, and no other listed cemetery lies within 10 miles. 3 of the 22 listings in Lincoln County have a phone number or website on record.
There were more than 12 markers & iron enclosures that now are all that show of the cemetery. In the 1940s, witnesses recall a dozen or so markers and in the 1950s, others recall those markers as well as rocks outlining graves.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Ritzville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
47.36301, -118.39295
What Downs 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
Funeral homes near Downs Cemetery
- Danekas Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Ritzville · (509) 659-0303
- Strate Funeral Home23 miFuneral home · Davenport · (509) 725-4151
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