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Office Hours 11:00 am -3:00pm Mon - Fri by appointment only.
Mailing Address 220 SE Green Street Lee's Summit, MO 64063
Are you looking for the grave site of a deceased friend or loved one buried in the cemetery? Try using the Interactive Map.
On behalf of the City of Lee’s Summit, the Parks and Recreation Department oversees and maintains the Lee’s Summit Historical Cemeteries.
The cemetery, in existence since 1867, sits on 20 acres and currently contains approximately 20,000 grave spaces.
For more information about burials, gravespaces and monuments, contact the Cemetery.
Lee's Summit Historical Cemeteries can be found at the following locations.
Lee's Summit Historical Cemetery 806 SE Third Street Lee's Summit, MO 64063 Interactive Map | Directions
Howard Cemetery 637 NE Woods Chapel Rd Lee's Summit, MO 64063 Directions
On behalf of the City of Lee’s Summit, the Parks & Recreation Department oversees and maintains the Lee’s Summit Historical Cemeteries. The Lee’s Summit Historical Cemetery is located at 3rd Street and 291 Highway, the Howard Family Cemetery is located on Woods Chapel Road. A detailed map and interment directory is located outside of the sexton office building on the Lee’s Summit Cemetery grounds.
The following rules and regulations may be amended, altered, modified or corrected at any time by the City of Lee’s Summit. All owners and holders of property shall be required to comply with the rules and regulations as same may be in effect at all times.
The regulations are adopted by the City of Lee’s Summit for the specific purpose of maintaining beauty and protection for persons who own family plots and who have loved ones resting in the Lee’s Summit Historical Cemetery.
Because of the vast number of families represented, each regulation has been adopted after much consideration for the best interest of every lot owner without exception.
It is important that all visitors cooperate and comply to insure the beauty, character and distinction which we are exerting every effort to maintain.