About Griesemer Cemetery
Griesemer Cemetery is a cemetery near Minier, Tazewell County, Illinois. It lies about 5.5 mi east of Minier. The grounds sit at about 636 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 409500. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hopedale Mennonite Cemetery, about 0.9 mi to the west. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Bache Memorial Chapel in Prophetstown, about 6.0 mi away. It is one of 81 cemeteries we list in Tazewell County, and 37 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Tazewell County dates to 1855.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Minier. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.42870, -89.41775
What Griesemer 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
- Hopedale Mennonite CemeteryMinier, ILMennonite and Amish cemetery0.9 mi
- Sparrow CemeteryMinier, ILCemetery1.0 mi
- Shiloh CemeteryMinier, ILCemetery1.5 mi
- Orendorff CemeteryDelavan, ILCemetery2.1 mi
- Briggs CemeteryMinier, ILCemetery2.2 mi
- McClure CemeteryMinier, ILCemetery3.3 mi
- Bever CemeteryDelavan, ILCemetery3.4 mi
- Freeman CemeteryMinier, ILCemetery3.5 mi
- Danforth CemeteryDelavan, ILCemetery4.1 mi
- Gaines CemeteryMinier, ILCemetery4.1 mi
Funeral homes near Griesemer Cemetery
- Bache Memorial Chapel6.0 miFuneral chapel · Prophetstown · (815) 638-2425
- Davis-Oswald Funeral Home7.7 miFuneral home · Tremont · (309) 925-2761
- Haensel Funeral Home7.8 miFuneral home · Mackinaw · (309) 359-3221
- Ludwig Mortuary13 miMortuary · Morton
- Hurley Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · San Jose · (309) 247-3306
- Knapp-Johnson Funeral Home and Cremation Center13 miFuneral home · Morton · (309) 263-7426
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