About Ward Cemetery
Ward Cemetery is a cemetery near Greenup, Jasper County, Illinois. It lies about 8.4 mi north of Greenup. The grounds sit at about 571 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1923588. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hays Cemetery, about 1.9 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Meyer Funeral Home- Greenup in Greenup, about 8.1 mi away. It is one of 75 cemeteries we list in Jasper County, and 47 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Greenup. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
39.12699, -88.17201
What Ward 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
- Hays CemeteryGreenup, ILCemetery1.9 mi
- Plainfield CemeteryNewton, ILCemetery2.5 mi
- Swick Family CemeteryGreenup, ILFamily cemetery2.6 mi
- Aten CemeteryGreenup, ILCemetery2.6 mi
- Andrews CemeteryGreenup, ILCemetery2.6 mi
- Songer CemeteryNewton, ILCemetery2.7 mi
- Swick CemeteryGreenup, ILCemetery2.8 mi
- Ross CemeteryNewton, ILCemetery2.9 mi
- Aten CemeteryGreenup, ILCemetery3.1 mi
- Kerns CemeteryNewton, ILCemetery3.5 mi
Funeral homes near Ward Cemetery
- Meyer Funeral Home- Greenup8.1 miFuneral home · Greenup · (217) 923-3141
- Barkley Funeral Chapel8.4 miFuneral chapel · Greenup · (217) 923-3086
- Meyer Funeral Home-Newton9.4 miFuneral home · Newton · (618) 783-2345
- Crain Funeral Home9.6 miFuneral home · Newton · (618) 783-2383
- Meyer Funeral Home-dieterich12 miFuneral home · Dieterich · (217) 925-5555
- Markwell & Son Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Casey · (217) 932-2131
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