About Grand Prairie Cemetery
Grand Prairie Cemetery is a cemetery near Herscher, Kankakee County, Illinois. It lies about 4.7 mi south of Herscher. The grounds sit at about 623 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Big Moose Meyer. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1810631. The nearest other listed cemetery is Zion Lutheran Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Jensen Funeral Home in Kankakee, about 8.3 mi away. It is one of 58 cemeteries we list in Kankakee County, and 22 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Herscher. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Grand Prairie Cemetery
Among them: 1 basketball player.
- Big Moose Meyer1910-2000American professional basketball player
People whose Wikidata entry gives Grand Prairie 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
41.11639, -88.10554
What Grand Prairie 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
- Zion Lutheran CemeteryHerscher, ILLutheran cemetery1.0 mi
- Saint Peter and Paul CemeteryHerscher, ILCemetery1.3 mi
- Colman CemeteryHerscher, ILCemetery3.0 mi
- Mount Hope CemeteryHerscher, ILCemetery3.1 mi
- Bonfield CemeteryLimestone, ILCemetery3.4 mi
- Pilot Center CemeteryHerscher, ILCemetery4.4 mi
- Maple Grove CemeteryLimestone, ILCemetery4.4 mi
- South Essex CemeteryBraidwood, ILCemetery5.3 mi
- Trinity Lutheran CemeteryHerscher, ILLutheran cemetery5.7 mi
- Grand Prairie CemeteryHerscher, ILCemetery6.1 mi
Funeral homes near Grand Prairie Cemetery
- Jensen Funeral Home8.3 miFuneral home · Kankakee · (779) 240-7632
- R W Patterson Funeral Home9.7 miFuneral home · South Wilmington · (815) 458-2336
- Schreffler Funeral Homes11 miFuneral home · Kankakee · (815) 932-2421
- R W Patterson Funeral Homes11 miFuneral home · Braidwood · (815) 458-2336
- Clancy-Gernon-Hertz Funeral Home Inc.11 miFuneral home · Kankakee · (815) 932-3431
- Reeves Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Gardner · (815) 237-2526
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