About Melendys Prairie Cemetery
Melendys Prairie Cemetery is a cemetery near Palmyra, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. It lies about 3.2 mi southwest of Palmyra. The grounds sit at about 883 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1569324. The nearest other listed cemetery is Zion Cemetery, about 1.7 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Gibson Family Funeral Homes in Palmyra, about 3.3 mi away. It is one of 75 cemeteries we list in Waukesha County, and 32 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Palmyra. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
42.90778, -88.53815
What Melendys Prairie 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
- Zion CemeteryPalmyra, WICemetery1.7 mi
- Saint Theresa CemeteryEagle, WICemetery2.8 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryPalmyra, WICemetery3.3 mi
- Hardscrabble CemeteryPalmyra, WICemetery3.3 mi
- Hillside CemeteryPalmyra, WICemetery3.4 mi
- Pleasant Valley CemeteryPalmyra, WICemetery3.5 mi
- Oak Ridge CemeteryEagle, WICemetery3.7 mi
- Oak Knoll CemeteryEagle, WICemetery3.7 mi
- Oak Grove CemeteryEagle, WICemetery3.9 mi
- Little Prairie CemeteryPalmyra, WICemetery4.9 mi
Funeral homes near Melendys Prairie Cemetery
- Gibson Family Funeral Homes3.3 miFuneral home · Palmyra · (262) 495-2127
- Caring Cremations9.4 miCremation provider · North Prairie · (262) 804-7099
- Thelen Funeral Services9.4 miFuneral home · Genesee · (262) 392-4251
- Nitardy Funeral Homes10 miFuneral home · Whitewater · (262) 208-4495
- Legacy Funeral Services11 miFuneral home · East Troy · (262) 642-5057
- Schmidt and Bartelt Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Mukwonago · (262) 363-7126
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