About Rizer Cemetery
Rizer Cemetery is a cemetery near Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It lies about 12 mi west of Parkersburg. The grounds sit at about 748 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1545785. The nearest other listed cemetery is Johnson Cemetery, about 1.5 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Roberts Funeral Home in Marietta, about 11 mi away. It is one of 181 cemeteries we list in Wood County, and 69 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Parkersburg. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
39.21897, -81.33901
What Rizer 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
- Johnson CemeteryParkersburg, WVCemetery1.5 mi
- Greenhill Catholic CemeteryParkersburg, WVCatholic cemetery1.7 mi
- Everly CemeteryParkersburg, WVCemetery1.9 mi
- Mount Olive CemeteryElizabeth, WVCemetery2.1 mi
- Pleasant Valley CemeteryParkersburg, WVCemetery2.4 mi
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows CemeteryMineral Wells, WVCemetery3.1 mi
- Farr CemeteryElizabeth, WVCemetery3.1 mi
- Mount Carmel CemeteryElizabeth, WVCemetery3.7 mi
- Beha CemeteryMineral Wells, WVCemetery4.2 mi
- Grant Hill CemeteryParkersburg, WVCemetery4.3 mi
Funeral homes near Rizer Cemetery
- Roberts Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Marietta · (740) 373-2924
- Assured Cremation Services11 miCremation provider · Parkersburg · (304) 865-5656
- Lambert-Tatman Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Parkersburg · (304) 422-7111
- Matheny Whited Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Elizabeth · (304) 275-4229
- Kirby Monument12 miMonument dealer · Parkersburg · (304) 422-2066
- Carmichael Monument Company12 miMonument dealer · Parkersburg · (304) 422-3721
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