About Rural Home Cemetery
Rural Home Cemetery is a cemetery near Big Bend, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. It lies about 0.9 mi northeast of Big Bend. The grounds sit at about 827 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Hal Peck. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1572730. The nearest other listed cemetery is Jones-Muckey School Cemetery, about 2.6 mi to the northeast. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Bevsek-Verbick Funeral Home and Crematory in Muskego, about 4.8 mi away. It is one of 75 cemeteries we list in Waukesha County, and 24 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Big Bend. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Rural Home Cemetery
Among them: 1 baseball player.
- Hal Peck1917-1995American baseball player
People whose Wikidata entry gives Rural Home 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
42.87190, -88.21857
What Rural Home 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
- Jones-Muckey School CemeteryMuskego, WICemetery2.6 mi
- Vernon Reformed Presbyterian CemeteryBig Bend, WIPresbyterian cemetery3.0 mi
- Vernon Center CemeteryBig Bend, WICemetery3.0 mi
- Vernon United Presbyterian CemeteryBig Bend, WIPresbyterian cemetery3.0 mi
- Vernon Evangelical Lutheran CemeteryMukwonago, WILutheran cemetery3.8 mi
- Muskego Center Cemetery (historical)Muskego, WICemetery4.1 mi
- Sunnyside CemeteryMuskego, WICemetery5.3 mi
- Norway CemeteryWind Lake, WICemetery5.3 mi
- Oakwood CemeteryWaterford, WICemetery6.5 mi
- Saint Peters Lutheran CemeteryWaterford, WILutheran cemetery6.5 mi
Funeral homes near Rural Home Cemetery
- Bevsek-Verbick Funeral Home and Crematory4.8 miCremation provider · Muskego · (262) 679-1444
- Max A. Sass and Sons Funeral and Cremation Service5.0 miCremation provider · Muskego · (262) 679-1560
- Schmidt and Bartelt Funeral Home5.9 miFuneral home · Mukwonago · (262) 363-7126
- Mealy-stencel Funeral Home7.5 miFuneral home · Waterford · (262) 534-2233
- Integrity Funeral Services8.1 miFuneral home · Rochester · (262) 514-4600
- Heritage Funeral Homes8.2 miFuneral home · New Berlin · (262) 901-1140
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