About Naperville Cemetery
Naperville Cemetery is a cemetery near Naperville, DuPage County, Illinois. It lies about 1.5 mi north of Naperville. The grounds sit at about 696 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 12 notable people buried here, including Russell W. Keeney, Henry Augustine Smith and James Lawrence Nichols. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2098290. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery, about 1.3 mi to the northeast. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Beidelman-Kunsch Funeral Homes & Crematory in Naperville, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 66 cemeteries we list in DuPage County, and 61 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 66 listings in DuPage County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Naperville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Naperville Cemetery
Among them: 2 football players, 2 business leaders, 1 US representative, 1 writer.
- Russell W. Keeney1897-1958American politician
- Henry Augustine Smith1874-1952(1874-1952) author
- James Lawrence Nichols1851-1895American publisher and professor
- Norman Barton Wood1857-1933American writer, lecturer, minister
- Vinnie Yablonski1923-2008American football player
- Fred Kluckhohn1891-1968American football player and coach
- J. George Wright1860-1941American government official
- Lester Belding1900-1965American football player and coach
- Alice Blair Gibson1851-1912
- C. A. Paeth1854-1902German American poet, minister, and professor
- Elizabeth Nichols Simpson1865-1946
- James L. Nichols II1890-1955American businessman and mayor
People whose Wikidata entry gives Naperville 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
41.76500, -88.15110
What Naperville 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
- Saints Peter and Paul CemeteryNaperville, ILCatholic cemetery1.3 mi
- Brethren CemeteryNaperville, ILCemetery2.3 mi
- Saint Procopius Abbey CemeteryNaperville, ILCatholic cemetery2.8 mi
- Warrenville CemeteryWarrenville, ILCemetery4.0 mi
- Boardman CemeteryBolingbrook, ILCemetery4.2 mi
- Lisle CemeteryLisle, ILCemetery4.8 mi
- Horse & Hound CemeteryWarrenville, ILCemetery4.9 mi
- Wheatland Township Cemetery22545 West 104th Street, Naperville, ILMunicipal cemetery5.1 mi
- Big Woods CemeteryWarrenville, ILCemetery5.5 mi
- Saint Bernard CemeteryWoodridge, ILChristian cemetery5.6 mi
Funeral homes near Naperville Cemetery
- Beidelman-Kunsch Funeral Homes & Crematory0.3 miCremation provider · Naperville · (630) 355-0264
- Friedrich-Jones Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Naperville · (630) 355-0213
- Morizzo Funeral Home & Cremation Services1.2 miFuneral home · Hoffman Estates · (847) 752-6444
- Cremation Society of Illinois3.2 miCremation provider · Aurora · (630) 820-2828
- Blake-lamb Funeral Home4.3 miFuneral home · Lisle · (630) 964-9392
- Northwest Funeral Care4.4 miCremation provider · Warrenville · (847) 227-0523
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