About Roselawn Cemetery
Roselawn Cemetery is a cemetery near Charleston, Coles County, Illinois. It lies about 1.5 mi east of Charleston. The grounds sit at about 653 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including George Crispin, Lee Lynch and Rex Darling. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1721059. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mound Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Harper-Swickard Funeral Home in Charleston, about 1.6 mi away. It is one of 85 cemeteries we list in Coles County, and 57 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Charleston. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Roselawn Cemetery
Among them: 1 journalist.
- George Crispin1885-1962American football coach
- Lee Lynch1901-1951American newspaper editor and politician
- Rex Darling1914-1996American football coach
- Marguerite Iknayan1917-1986American scholar of French literature and university teacher
People whose Wikidata entry gives Roselawn 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
39.50397, -88.20182
What Roselawn 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
- Mound CemeteryCharleston, ILCemetery0.2 mi
- Cossel CemeteryCharleston, ILCemetery0.7 mi
- Chambers CemeteryCharleston, ILCemetery1.0 mi
- Old City CemeteryCharleston, ILMunicipal cemetery1.1 mi
- Fudge CemeteryCharleston, ILCemetery2.3 mi
- Salem CemeteryCharleston, ILCemetery2.4 mi
- Unity CemeteryCharleston, ILCemetery2.8 mi
- Yocom CemeteryCharleston, ILCemetery3.0 mi
- Adkins CemeteryCharleston, ILCemetery3.0 mi
- Lumbrick CemeteryCharleston, ILCemetery3.2 mi
Funeral homes near Roselawn Cemetery
- Adams Memorials0.1 miMonument dealer · Charleston · (217) 345-9587
- Adams Memorials - Charleston0.5 miMonument dealer · Charleston · (800) 252-6547
- Harper-Swickard Funeral Home1.6 miFuneral home · Charleston · (217) 345-3155
- Caudill King Funeral Home1.8 miFuneral home · Charleston · (217) 345-5474
- Adams Funeral Chapel2.7 miFuneral chapel · Charleston · (217) 345-2005
- Mitchell-Jerdan Funeral Home Ltd.9.0 miFuneral home · Mattoon · (217) 234-8828
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