About Draves Cemetery
Draves Cemetery is a cemetery near Chester, Randolph County, Illinois. It lies about 5.2 mi west of Chester. The grounds sit at about 564 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 407384. The nearest other listed cemetery is Grah Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Pechacek Funeral Home in Chester, about 6.0 mi away. It is one of 54 cemeteries we list in Randolph County, and 38 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Chester. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
37.89516, -89.72913
What Draves 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
- Grah CemeteryChester, ILCemetery0.2 mi
- Fulford CemeteryChester, ILCemetery0.9 mi
- Tindall CemeteryChester, ILCemetery1.5 mi
- Moore CemeteryChester, ILCemetery1.9 mi
- Frazer CemeteryChester, ILCemetery2.0 mi
- Emery CemeteryChester, ILCemetery2.1 mi
- Mount Summit CemeteryChester, ILCemetery2.5 mi
- Kirk CemeteryChester, ILCemetery2.5 mi
- Mill Creek CemeteryChester, ILCemetery2.7 mi
- Woods CemeteryChester, ILCemetery2.9 mi
Funeral homes near Draves Cemetery
- Pechacek Funeral Home6.0 miFuneral home · Chester · (618) 826-5015
- Wilson Funeral Homes Ltd8.6 miFuneral home · Steeleville · (618) 965-3312
- Wilson's Funeral Homes11 miFuneral home · Percy · (618) 497-2474
- Basler Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Saint Mary · (573) 543-5358
- Wilson Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Ava · (618) 426-3121
- Ford & Young Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Perryville · (573) 547-2566
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