About South Essex Cemetery
South Essex Cemetery is a cemetery near Braidwood, Kankakee County, Illinois. It lies about 6.5 mi north of Braidwood. The grounds sit at about 604 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 418749. The nearest other listed cemetery is Essex Township Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is R W Patterson Funeral Home in South Wilmington, about 5.6 mi away. It is one of 58 cemeteries we list in Kankakee County, and 24 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Braidwood. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.17700, -88.16767
What South Essex 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
- Essex Township CemeteryBraidwood, ILMunicipal cemetery1.1 mi
- Custer Township CemeteryLakewood Shores, ILMunicipal cemetery4.9 mi
- Mount Olivet CemeteryBraidwood, ILCemetery5.0 mi
- Oakwood CemeteryBraidwood, ILCemetery5.2 mi
- Grand Prairie CemeteryHerscher, ILCemetery5.3 mi
- Bohemian National CemeteryBraidwood, ILNational cemetery5.4 mi
- Zion Lutheran CemeteryHerscher, ILLutheran cemetery5.9 mi
- Bonfield CemeteryLimestone, ILCemetery6.0 mi
- Cotton CemeteryCentral City, ILCemetery6.1 mi
- Beach CemeteryLimestone, ILCemetery6.2 mi
Funeral homes near South Essex Cemetery
- R W Patterson Funeral Home5.6 miFuneral home · South Wilmington · (815) 458-2336
- R W Patterson Funeral Homes6.2 miFuneral home · Braidwood · (815) 458-2336
- Reeves Funeral Home7.4 miFuneral home · Gardner · (815) 237-2526
- Baskerville Funeral Home8.6 miFuneral home · Wilmington · (815) 476-2181
- Ferrari Funeral Services9.2 miFuneral home · Coal City · (815) 634-4040
- Reeves Funeral Home9.8 miFuneral home · Coal City · (815) 634-2125
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