About West Aurora Cemetery
West Aurora Cemetery is a cemetery near Aurora, Kane County, Illinois. It lies about 0.7 mi southwest of Aurora. The grounds sit at about 682 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Frank Haven Hall, Joseph George Stolp and Euphrasia Spaulding. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 420780. The nearest other listed cemetery is Calvary Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the north. The nearest mortuary we know of is Daleiden Mortuary in Aurora, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 69 cemeteries we list in Kane County, and 49 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 69 listings in Kane County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Aurora. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at West Aurora Cemetery
Among them: 1 inventor or engineer.
- Frank Haven Hall1841-1911American inventor of the first successful mechanical point writer for Braille
- Joseph George Stolp1812-1899American miller, developer of Stolp Island, Aurora, Illinois
- Euphrasia Spaulding1807-1888Volunteer weather observer for meteorological project (1848-1870) of the Smithsonian Institution
People whose Wikidata entry gives West Aurora 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
41.76920, -88.31452
What West Aurora 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
- Calvary CemeteryAurora, ILChristian cemetery0.8 mi
- Saint Michael CemeteryAurora, ILChristian cemetery0.8 mi
- Root Street CemeteryAurora, ILCemetery1.0 mi
- East Aurora CemeteryAurora, ILPresbyterian cemetery1.0 mi
- Solfisburg Memorial ParkAurora, ILMemorial park1.1 mi
- Saint Joseph CemeteryAurora, ILCatholic cemetery1.2 mi
- Saint Nicholas CemeteryAurora, ILCatholic cemetery1.5 mi
- Spring Lake CemeteryAurora, ILCemetery2.0 mi
- Marywood CemeteryAurora, ILChristian cemetery2.1 mi
- Mount Olivet Catholic CemeteryAurora, ILCatholic cemetery2.1 mi
Funeral homes near West Aurora Cemetery
- Daleiden Mortuary0.5 miMortuary · Aurora · (630) 631-5500
- Healy Chapel0.8 miFuneral home · Aurora · (630) 897-9291
- James Funeral Services2.0 miFuneral home · Aurora · (630) 851-6503
- Cypress Pointe Cremation/Aurora Funeral Home2.4 miCremation provider · Aurora · (618) 741-7835
- Dieterle Memorial Home & Cremation Ceremonies2.6 miCremation provider · Montgomery · (630) 897-1196
- McKeown-Dunn Funeral Home & Cremation Services5.1 miFuneral home · Oswego · (630) 554-3888
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