About Schwer Cemetery
Schwer Cemetery is a cemetery near Milford, Iroquois County, Illinois. It lies about 5.3 mi southeast of Milford. The grounds sit at about 663 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1951715. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery, about 3.1 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Knapp Funeral Home in Milford, about 5.1 mi away. It is one of 56 cemeteries we list in Iroquois County, and 20 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Milford. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.66157, -87.78698
What Schwer 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
- Saint Paul Lutheran CemeteryMilford, ILLutheran cemetery3.1 mi
- Body CemeteryWatseka, ILCemetery4.2 mi
- Maple Grove CemeteryMilford, ILCemetery4.8 mi
- Vennum CemeteryMilford, ILCemetery5.1 mi
- Immanuel Lutheran CemeteryOnarga, ILLutheran cemetery5.4 mi
- Ash Grove CemeteryMilford, ILCemetery5.5 mi
- Old Milford CemeteryMilford, ILCemetery5.5 mi
- Saint Johns Lutheran Ash Grove CemeteryOnarga, ILChristian cemetery6.6 mi
- Saint Peters Lutheran CemeteryWatseka, ILLutheran cemetery6.9 mi
- Belmont CemeteryWatseka, ILCemetery7.0 mi
Funeral homes near Schwer Cemetery
- Knapp Funeral Home5.1 miFuneral home · Milford · (815) 889-4222
- Knapp Funeral Home8.3 miFuneral home · Watseka · (815) 432-2406
- Baier Funeral Home8.4 miFuneral home · Watseka · (815) 432-2222
- Knapp Funeral Home8.6 miFuneral home · Cissna Park · (815) 457-2424
- Knapp Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Onarga · (815) 268-7241
- Knapp-Redenius Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Gilman · (815) 265-7636
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