About Columbarium
Columbarium is a lutheran cemetery near Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. It lies about 4.7 mi northwest of Chicago. The nearest other listed cemetery is Oak Woods Cemetery, about 1.7 mi to the south. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Cremation Society of Illinois in Chicago, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 187 cemeteries we list in Cook County, and 14 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Cook County dates to 1834. 23 of the 187 listings in Cook County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Chicago. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.79489, -87.59794
What Columbarium 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
- Oak Woods CemeteryChicago, ILCemetery1.7 mi
- Oakwoods CemeteryChicago, ILCemetery1.8 mi
- Evergreen Cemetery3401 West 87th Street, Evergreen Park, ILCemetery7.1 mi
- Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery and MausoleumsWest 87th Street, Evergreen Park, ILCatholic cemetery7.5 mi
- Couch MausoleumChicago, ILCemetery8.3 mi
- Mount Greenwood Cemetery2900 West 111th Street, Chicago, ILCemetery8.5 mi
- Mount Olivet Cemetery2755 West 111th Street, Chicago, IL · est. 1855Catholic cemetery8.9 mi
- Mount Hope Cemetery11500 South Fairfield Avenue, Chicago, ILCemetery9.2 mi
- Cedar Park Cemetery12540 South Halsted Street, Calumet Park, ILCemetery9.3 mi
- Ever Rest Cemetery (historical)Merrionette Park, ILCemetery9.6 mi
Funeral homes near Columbarium
- Cremation Society of Illinois0.4 miCremation provider · Chicago · (773) 752-6400
- Unity Funeral Parlors Inc2.2 miFuneral home · Chicago · (773) 624-2703
- Progressive Funeral Parlor2.2 miFuneral home · Chicago · (773) 288-7110
- A.A. Rayner & Sons Funeral Home2.2 miFuneral home · Chicago · (773) 846-6133
- Thomas McInerney's Sons Funeral Home2.4 miFuneral home · Chicago · (773) 268-0703
- McCullough Funeral & Cremation Services2.5 miCremation provider · Chicago · (773) 488-8900
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
Frequently asked questions
Is Columbarium a Lutheran cemetery?
Our records list a Lutheran affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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