About Rakestraw Cemetery
Rakestraw Cemetery is a cemetery near Havana, Mason County, Illinois. It lies about 5.1 mi southwest of Havana. The grounds sit at about 466 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1964936. The nearest other listed cemetery is Quiver Presbyterian Cemetery, about 1.5 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hurley Funeral Home in Havana, about 5.0 mi away. It is one of 46 cemeteries we list in Mason County, and 26 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Havana. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.35410, -89.99630
What Rakestraw 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
- Quiver Presbyterian CemeteryHavana, ILPresbyterian cemetery1.5 mi
- Liverpool CemeteryHavana, ILCemetery2.5 mi
- Roat CemeteryHavana, ILCemetery4.0 mi
- Laurel Hill CemeteryHavana, ILCemetery4.5 mi
- Fullerton CemeteryHavana, ILCemetery4.7 mi
- Apple CemeteryLewistown, ILCemetery5.3 mi
- Heston CemeteryHavana, ILCemetery5.4 mi
- Steging CemeteryHavana, ILCemetery5.8 mi
- Pollitt CemeteryCanton, ILCemetery6.0 mi
- Zion CemeteryManito, ILCemetery6.2 mi
Funeral homes near Rakestraw Cemetery
- Hurley Funeral Home5.0 miFuneral home · Havana · (309) 543-2244
- Henry-Lange Memorial Homes8.8 miFuneral home · Lewistown · (309) 547-2013
- Maas Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Manito · (309) 968-6157
- White Chapel Memory Gardens13 miFuneral home · Canton · (309) 647-2236
- Oaks-Hines Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Canton · (309) 647-1601
- Abel Monument Co.14 miMonument dealer · Canton · (309) 647-0105
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