About Burress Cemetery
Burress Cemetery is a cemetery near Astoria, Schuyler County, Illinois. It lies about 5.6 mi east of Astoria. The grounds sit at about 518 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1720657. The nearest other listed cemetery is Pittenger Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Shawgo Memorial Home in Astoria, about 5.8 mi away. It is one of 102 cemeteries we list in Schuyler County, and 64 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Astoria. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.21837, -90.46540
What Burress 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
- Pittenger CemeteryAstoria, ILCemetery0.2 mi
- Gorsuch CemeteryAstoria, ILCemetery1.2 mi
- Beghtol CemeteryAstoria, ILCemetery2.7 mi
- Christian Neck CemeteryRushville, ILCemetery2.9 mi
- Salem CemeteryAstoria, ILCemetery3.3 mi
- Adams CemeteryAstoria, ILCemetery3.5 mi
- Tracy CemeteryAstoria, ILCemetery3.5 mi
- France CemeteryAstoria, ILCemetery3.5 mi
- Phillips CemeteryAstoria, ILCemetery3.7 mi
- Harris CemeteryAstoria, ILCemetery4.0 mi
Funeral homes near Burress Cemetery
- Shawgo Memorial Home5.8 miFuneral home · Astoria · (309) 329-2125
- Kost Memorial Home5.8 miFuneral home · Vermont · (309) 784-2661
- Worthington Funeral Home8.5 miFuneral home · Rushville · (217) 322-4342
- Triplett and Wood Funeral Home8.9 miFuneral home · Rushville · (217) 322-3311
- Colwell Memorial Home14 miFuneral home · Beardstown · (217) 323-1100
- Sager Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Beardstown · (217) 323-2001
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