About Saint Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
Saint Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery is a lutheran cemetery near Lemont, Cook County, Illinois. It lies about 1.3 mi northeast of Lemont. The grounds sit at about 748 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 417630. The nearest funeral home we know of is Gerharz Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Lemont, about 1.2 mi away. It is one of 187 cemeteries we list in Cook County, and 57 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, Lemont. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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41.65697, -88.01200
What Saint Matthew Evangelical Lutheran 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.
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Funeral homes near Saint Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
- Gerharz Funeral Home & Cremation Services1.2 miFuneral home · Lemont · (630) 257-2123
- Markiewicz Funeral Home, P.C.1.2 miFuneral home · Lemont · (630) 257-6363
- Petkus Funeral Home2.5 miFuneral home · Lemont · (630) 257-6667
- Forest Crematory Inc3.0 miCremation provider · Romeoville · (815) 886-5414
- Cremation Society of Illinois3.0 miCremation provider · Romeoville · (815) 886-2000
- Passages Cremation Center3.5 miCremation provider · Romeoville · (773) 957-3900
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Frequently asked questions
Is Saint Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery 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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