About Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery
Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery is a memorial park near Du Quoin, Perry County, Illinois. It lies about 3.1 mi south of Du Quoin. The grounds sit at about 453 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Ralph A. Dunn and Ewald Pyle. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 419418. The nearest other listed cemetery is Nine Mile Cemetery, about 1.5 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Maxton-Rosado Funeral Home in Du Quoin, about 3.1 mi away. It is one of 47 cemeteries we list in Perry County, and 41 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Du Quoin. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery
Among them: 1 baseball player.
- Ralph A. Dunn1914-2004American politician
- Ewald Pyle1910-2004American baseball player
People whose Wikidata entry gives Sunset Memorial Park 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
38.05532, -89.24313
What Sunset Memorial Park 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
- Nine Mile CemeteryDu Quoin, ILCemetery1.5 mi
- Primitive Baptist CemeteryDu Quoin, ILBaptist cemetery1.6 mi
- Jones CemeteryDu Quoin, ILCemetery1.9 mi
- Lee CemeteryDu Quoin, ILCemetery2.6 mi
- Independent Order of Oddfellows CemeteryDu Quoin, ILCemetery2.7 mi
- Haggard CemeteryDu Quoin, ILCemetery2.8 mi
- Sacred Heart CemeteryDu Quoin, ILCemetery3.6 mi
- Paradise CemeteryDu Quoin, ILCemetery3.8 mi
- Williams CemeteryDu Quoin, ILCemetery4.6 mi
- McElvain CemeteryDu Quoin, ILCemetery4.8 mi
Funeral homes near Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery
- Maxton-Rosado Funeral Home3.1 miFuneral home · Du Quoin · (618) 542-2020
- Searby Funeral Home3.2 miFuneral home · Du Quoin · (618) 542-2044
- Searby Funeral Home5.6 miFuneral home · Tamaroa · (618) 496-5411
- Pyatt Funeral Home7.7 miFuneral home · Pinckneyville · (618) 357-2136
- Van Natta Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Mulkeytown · (618) 724-4159
- Brayfield-Gilbert Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Sesser · (618) 625-2411
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