About Elmwood Cemetery
Elmwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Centralia, Marion County, Illinois. It lies about 1.3 mi southwest of Centralia. The grounds sit at about 486 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Cordelia Martha Hodson, Glendon Conley Hodson and Josephus Waters Jennings. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 407957. The nearest other listed cemetery is Calvary Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Sutherland-Garnier Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Centralia, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 96 cemeteries we list in Marion County, and 42 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Centralia. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Elmwood Cemetery
- Cordelia Martha Hodson1876-1944Mother of American Methodist lay speaker Glendon C. Hodson
- Glendon Conley Hodson1900-1980American Methodist lay speaker and lawyer
- Josephus Waters Jennings1827-1890American judge and businessman
- M. Kate Reed1843-1898American temperance worker
People whose Wikidata entry gives Elmwood 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
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What Elmwood 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
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- Mount Evergreen CemeteryCentralia, ILCemetery1.2 mi
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- Hillcrest Memorial ParkCentralia, ILMemorial park1.7 mi
- Snider CemeteryCentralia, ILCemetery1.8 mi
- Andereck - McClelland CemeterySandoval, ILCemetery2.4 mi
- Trinity Lutheran CemeteryWamac, ILLutheran cemetery3.0 mi
- Barker CemeteryCentralia, ILCemetery3.2 mi
- Gilmore CemeteryCentralia, ILCemetery3.3 mi
- Deadmond CemeterySandoval, ILCemetery3.4 mi
Funeral homes near Elmwood Cemetery
- Sutherland-Garnier Funeral Home and Cremation Services0.9 miFuneral home · Centralia · (618) 532-3523
- Moran Queen~boggs Funeral Home (under New Ownership And Now Serving Families As...maxton-rosado Funeral Home)1.2 miFuneral home · Centralia · (618) 532-7321
- Irvin Macz Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Centralia · (618) 532-5511
- Day Macz Funeral Home5.1 miFuneral home · Sandoval · (618) 247-3711
- Wilson & Wilson Monument6.4 miMonument dealer · Odin · (618) 775-6488
- Irvin Macz Funeral Home6.4 miFuneral home · Odin · (618) 532-5511
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