Great Bend Cemetery

03/03/2026

A Dodge key fob was found in the middle of our cemetery on Broadway today. If you lost one while visiting please stop by our office.

02/27/2026

NOTICE:
A decision has been made to remove the center road at our North Cemetery that runs East and West. This decision has been made due to years of corners being cut short, graves being driven over, and even headstones being run over. The gravel being removed will be used to widen the roads on both the North and South sides of the cemetery that run East and West. This will give more room to make turns properly and hopefully prevent further damage to graves. Barricades and temporary fencing will remain in some areas until grass can be established.

02/27/2026

We want to remind everyone that this will be the last weekend to have decorations on the ground at the cemetery. Next week we begin our clean-up and preparing for spring.

The cemetery department is doing some early spring cleaning and ask that all decorations left at gravesites are picked up by Sunday, March 1st. Any remaining items will be collected by staff and discarded on Monday, March 2nd.

For related questions, please call the office at 620-793-4167.

02/24/2026

Spring clean-up is coming up soon. This only pertains to items left on the ground. Anything on the headstones or in vases will be left alone.

The cemetery department is doing some early spring cleaning and ask that all decorations left at gravesites are picked up by Sunday, March 1st. Any remaining items will be collected by staff and discarded on Monday, March 2nd.

For related questions, please call the office at 620-793-4167.

06/01/2025

We want to remind everyone that all Memorial Day decorations need to be picked up off of the ground by the end of the day today. Cemetery staff will begin cleaning up first thing Monday morning.

05/19/2025

CEMETERY IMPROVEMENTS

We would like to reach out and hear from the public on this post. Feel free to comment on this post or message us on what you see in our Great Bend Cemetery. Things like:
-What do you like and want to see more of
-What do you think could be improved on
-Something you saw at another cemetery that might be incorporated here

We want to here from you!

Please keep in mind that all suggestions will have to align with our normal budget and man power.

Thank You!

05/08/2025

Memorial Day is approaching quickly! Flowers will be allowed on the graves starting Saturday, May 17th and will need to be removed by the end of Sunday, June 1st.

02/25/2025

PLEASE STAY ON THE ROADS! Corners are getting cut more and more every day. Recently, we've had graves driven over and even a headstone! We ask the public to please be respectful and ONLY drive on the designated roads. Driving anywhere else in our cemeteries might mean your driving over someone's grave.

02/25/2025

March 9th will be the start of our cemetery spring cleaning. We ask that the public have everything picked up off the grass and dirt. On that Monday our staff will go over both cemeteries, Broadway and 24th, cleaning everything off the ground. We do not save anything.

11/26/2024

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06/02/2024

Today is the last day to have flowers on the graves at the cemetery. Tomorrow, June 3rd, the cemetery staff will clean up all remaining flowers on the ground.

05/15/2024

As of Saturday, May 18th flowers and decorations will be allowed at the Great Bend Cemetery and Great Bend Cemetery North for Memorial Day. All decorations will be allowed until Sunday, June 2nd.